Structural change, balance-of-payments constraint, and economic growth: Evidence from the multisectoral Thirlwall's law

Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-204

  Gouvea, Raphael Rocha ^a   Lima, Gilberto Tadeu ^b  

^a Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

external constraint; multisectoral Thirlwall's law; structural change

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649391458     PISSN: 01603477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/PKE0160-3477330109     Document Type: Article

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