Absorbing a windfall of foreign exchange: Dutch disease dynamics

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-243

  Van der Ploeg, Frederick ^a,b   Venables, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption constraints; Absorptive capacity; Dutch disease; Economic development; Irreversible investment; Natural resources; Windfall

Indexed keywords

DUTCH DISEASE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; REAL EXCHANGE RATE;

EID: 84875793713     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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