On the role of distance for bilateral trade

World Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 653-662

  Egger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 41849136877     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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