Trade balance: Numbers can be deceiving

China and World Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 54-70

  Yuefen, Li ^a  

^a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affiliate sales; Global imbalances; International production networks; Market access; Trade balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247862231     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2006.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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