Does monopolistic competition explain intraindustry trade of forest products?

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 519-528

  Zhang, Sijia ^a   Buongiorno, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Econometrics; Forest products; International trade; Market structure

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKETING;

ECONOMETRICS; MARKET STRUCTURES; MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREIGN TRADE; FORESTS; MARKET RESEARCH;

EID: 34547948374     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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