Distance and trade: Disentangling unfamiliarity effects and transport cost effects

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-181

  Huang, Rocco R ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33751440071     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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