Gravity models of intra-eu trade: Application of the ccep-ht estimation in heterogeneous panels with unobserved common time-specific factors

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-381

  Serlenga, Laura ^a   Shin, Yongcheol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248177428     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.944     Document Type: Article

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