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  1. Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Christopher McCarty

  2. Research International, Accra, Republic of Ghana

    John Attafuah

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McCarty, C., Attafuah, J. Consumer Confidence In Ghana And Its Implications For Survey-Based Economic Indicators In Africa. Social Indicators Research 65, 207–225 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025879824922

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