Increasing returns, product quality and international trade

Economica

Volumn 72, Issue 285, 2005, Pages 151-169

  Fan, C Simon ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANUFACTURED EXPORT; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; TRADE RELATIONS;

EID: 14644425229     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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