The trade-creating effects of business and social networks: Evidence from France

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-29

  Combes, Pierre Philippe ^a,b,c   Lafourcade, Miren ^a,d   Mayer, Thierry ^a,c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b CREST   (France)

^c CEPR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^f CEPII   (France)

Author keywords

Border effects; Business groups; Gravity; Migrants; Networks; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL TRADE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17144404946     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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