Trade openness and inflation performance: A panel data analysis in the context of African countries

African Development Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-84

  Yiheyis, Zelealem ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFLATION; PANEL DATA; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE RELATIONS;

AFRICA;

EID: 84879733008     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2013.12014.x     Document Type: Article

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