GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
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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