Terms-of-Trade Changes, Real GDP, and Real Value Added in the Open Economy: Reassessing Hong Kong's Growth Performance

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-109

  Kohli, Ulrich ^a  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

real exchange rate; real GDI; real GDP; real value added; Terms of trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892854440     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2007.9720790     Document Type: Article

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