North-South trade: Is Africa unusual?

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 228-256

  Coe, David T ^a   Hoffmaister, Alexander W ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

TRADE AGREEMENT;

EID: 0033372544     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/8.2.228     Document Type: Article

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