Economic impact analysis of port development on the south african economy

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-245

  Lee, Tsung Chen ^a   Lee, Paul T W ^b   Chen, Tao ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

computable general equilibrium model; economic impact analysis; Global Trade Analysis Project; Port development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INVESTMENT; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PORT DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84862531897     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2011.01279.x     Document Type: Review

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