Language and foreign trade

European Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 667-699

  Melitz, Jacques ^a,b,c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CREST INSEE ^*  (United States)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign trade; Gravity model; Language

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LANGUAGE; LITERACY; MODELING;

EID: 43149091680     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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