Market size, trade, and productivity

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 295-316

  Melitz, Marc J ^a   Ottaviano, Giancarlo I P ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MARKET TRANSITION; MODELING; MONOPOLY; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 36949007390     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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