Comparative Home-Market Advantage: An Empirical Analysis of British and American Exports

Review of World Economics

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 220-247

  Weder, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Home market advantage; Increasing returns to scale; International trade; Ricardo

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342487397     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02659744     Document Type: Article

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