Regionalism in the nineties: What effect on trade?

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-29

  Soloaga, Isidro ^a   Winters, L Alan ^b,c,d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravity model; Regional integration; Trade blocs; Trade diversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001512125     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9408(01)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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