Economic growth in South Asia: Role of infrastructure

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-252

  Sahoo, Pravakar ^a   Dash, Ranjan Kumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations   (India)

Author keywords

infrastructure; output growth; panel causality; panel cointegration; South Asia

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HUMAN CAPITAL; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOR; STOCK MARKET;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84858206345     PISSN: 09638199     EISSN: 14699559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638191003596994     Document Type: Article

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