Armington elasticities in intermediate inputs trade: A problem in using multilateral trade data

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1097-1117

  Saito, Mika ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; DEMAND ELASTICITY; MULTILATERAL TRADE; SUBSTITUTION;

EID: 10044231832     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2004.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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