On the conservation of distance in international trade

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 310-320

  Berthelon, Matias ^a   Freund, Caroline ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance elasticity of trade; International trade; Trade costs

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 44749089172     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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