Countries, regions and trade: On the welfare impacts of economic integration

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1277-1301

  Behrens, Kristian ^a   Gaigné, Carl ^b   Ottaviano, Gianmarco I P ^c,d,f   Thisse, Jacques François ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^e PSE ^*  (France)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Economic geography; Regional integration; Trade costs; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 34249820523     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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