Does trade creation measure up? A reexamination of the effects of regional trading arrangements

Economics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Ghosh, Sucharita ^a   Yamarik, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity model; Regional trading arrangements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346307310     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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