Are regional trading partners "natural"?

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 202-226

  Krishna, Pravin ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REGIONAL TRADE; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE RELATIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037301787     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344802     Document Type: Article

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