Impacts of global and domestic shocks on inflation and economic growth for actual and potential GCC member countries

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 298-317

  Kim, Won Joong ^a   Hammoudeh, Shawkat ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Block exogeneity; Export prices; Oil price; Pass through; Structural VAR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876321912     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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