Do state trading exporters distort trade?

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 225-246

  McCorriston, Steve ^a   MacLaren, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Export competition; State trading enterprises; WTO

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPORT; MODELING; NATIONAL TRADE; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE POLICY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33751427678     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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