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   DUTCH DISEASE, REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION IN A                   SMALL OIL BASED ECONOMY

 

    Rebecca Gookool and Roger Hosein

    Department of Economics

    University of the West Indies

    St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad

    Published online: February 10, 2017

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