International business cycles: The quantitative role of transportation costs

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 645-671

  Ravn, Morten O ^a   Mazzenga, Elisabetta ^b  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCC SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delivery lags; Home bias in trade; International business cycles; International comovements; Real exchange rates; Terms of trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442624703     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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