Trade Cycles in a Re-export Economy: The Case of Singapore

International Economic Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-201

  Choy, Keen Meng ^a  

^a Monetary Authority of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Re export economy; Singapore; trade cycles; vector error correction model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863590272     PISSN: 10168737     EISSN: 1743517X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10168737.2012.688520     Document Type: Article

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