Economic integration and similarity in trade structures

Empirica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-137

  De Benedictis, Luca ^a   Tajoli, Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CEECs; EU; Nonparametrics; Similarity; Transition

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 33947119644     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-006-9024-x     Document Type: Article

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