Calorie consumption and income: Panel cointegration and causality evidence in developing countries

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1455-1461

  Dawson, P J ^a   Sanjuan A I ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROALIMENTARIA DE ARAGÓN CITA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC THEORY; INCOME; WAGE;

EID: 79961059159     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2010.543063     Document Type: Article

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