South-South trade: Geography matters

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 313-341

  Coulibaly, Souleymane ^a,b   Fontagné, Lionel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c CEPII   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE FLOW;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33744817085     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/eji030     Document Type: Article

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