Increasing returns and all that: A view from trade

American Economic Review

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-119

  Antweiler, Werner ^a   Trefler, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0039486307     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282802760015621     Document Type: Review

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