Greasing the wheels of trade: A profile of the Dutch transaction sector

Economist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-165

  Van Dalen, Hendrik P ^a,c   Van Vuuren, Aico P ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Labor; Trade; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; NATIONAL TRADE; OCCUPATION; TRADE FLOW; TRANSACTION COST;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24944514695     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-005-2933-4     Document Type: Article

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