Intermediaries in Entrepôt Trade: Hong Kong Re-Exports of Chinese Goods

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-35

  Feenstra, Robert C ^a,b   Hanson, Gordon H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 1642294109     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1430-9134.2004.00002.x     Document Type: Review

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