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   AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL ECONOMIES UNDER THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND

   ECONOMY: TOWARDS A NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY (NEG) MODEL

 

    Abdullahi Abdulkadri1, Kevon Rhiney2,* and Lloyd Waller3

    1.  Department of Economics

    2. Department of Geography and Geology

    3. Department of Government

    The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

    Kingston, Jamaica

    Published online: February 10, 2017

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