Accounting for discrepancies in bilateral trade: The case of China, Hong Kong, and the United States

China Economic Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 502-520

  FERRANTINO, Michael J ^a   WANG, Zhi ^a  

^a US International Trade Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

F10; F14; Mirror data; Statistical discrepancies; US China Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749087011     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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