Living standards, terms of trade and foreign ownership: Reflections on the Australian mining boom

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-200

  Gregory, Robert G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Foreign ownership; Real GDP; Resource booms; Terms of trade

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIVING STANDARD; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING INDUSTRY; TERMS OF TRADE;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859090871     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2012.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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