Towards the spatial patterns of sectoral adjustments to trade liberalisation: The case of NAFTA in Mexico

Growth and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 567-594

  Faber, Benjamin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; MODELING; NAFTA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36749044867     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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