Does political disintegration lead to trade disintegration? Evidence from transition countries

Economics of Transition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 825-843

  de Sousa, José ^a   Lamotte, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b ESG   (France)

Author keywords

Borders; Gravity equation; Political disintegration; Trade disintegration; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARKET TRANSITION; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CZECHOSLOVAKIA; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

EID: 34848831149     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2007.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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