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Revisiting the twin deficits hypothesis: new evidence from nonlinear tests

Ahmad Hassan Ahmada School of Business & Economics, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Olalekan B. Aworindeb Department of Economics, School of Management & Social Sciences Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria
Pages 1602-1606 | Published online: 24 Dec 2019

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