Effect of transportation infrastructure on economic growth in India: The VECM approach

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-148

  Pradhan, Rudra P ^a   Bagchi, Tapan P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NMIMS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Transport infrastructure; VECM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868546048     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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