Regional business cycles and national economic borders: What are the effects of trade in developing countries?

Review of World Economics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-178

  Volpe Martincus, Christian ^a   Molinari, Andrea ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; Border; Brazil; Business cycles; Regions; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047235747     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-007-0101-4     Document Type: Article

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