Factor endowment and market size in EU-CEE trade: Would human capital change actual quality trade patterns?

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-33

  Ferragina, Anna Maria ^a   Pastore, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN CAPITAL; REGIONAL TRADE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18144400602     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00128775.2005.11041094     Document Type: Article

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