Trade facilitation and economic development: A new approach to quantifying the impact

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 367-389

  Wilson, John S ^a   Mann, Catherine L ^b   Otsuki, Tsunehiro ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 2142648776     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhg027     Document Type: Article

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