A gravity model forecast of the potential trade effects of EU enlargement: Lessons from 2004 and path-dependency in integration

World Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1077-1089

  Papazoglou, Christos ^a   Pentecost, Eric J ^b,c   Marques, Helena ^c  

^a Bank of Greece ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 33746064086     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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