Debt-Growth Nexus: A Spatial Econometrics Approach for Developing Countries

Transition Studies Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Daud, Siti Nurazira Mohd ^a   Podivinsky, Jan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic growth; External debt; International economics; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951854887     PISSN: 16144007     EISSN: 16144015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11300-011-0190-6     Document Type: Article

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