Estimating trade flows: Trading partners and trading volumes

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 441-487

  Helpman, Elhanan ^a   Melitz, Marc ^a   Rubinstein, Yona ^a  

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EID: 42149154442     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.2.441     Document Type: Article

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