Trade frictions and welfare in the gravity model: How much of the iceberg melts?

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 247-265

  Balistreri, Edward J ^a   Hillberry, Russell H ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRADE;

EID: 33644891917     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2006.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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