The effects of trade openness on regional inequality in Mexico

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 545-561

  González Rivas, Marcela ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH THEORY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGIONAL ECONOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548386256     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-006-0099-x     Document Type: Article

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