Transport costs and trade: Empirical evidence for Latin American imports from the European Union

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-371

  Martínez Zarzoso, Inmaculada ^a   Suárez Burguet, Celestino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imports sectors; Infrastructure; Trade; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

COST; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IMPORT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; TRADE AGREEMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; LATIN AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26244451224     PISSN: 09638199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638190500212121     Document Type: Article

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