Explaining national border effects in the QUAD food trade

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 436-462

  Olper, Alessandro ^a   Raimondi, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ad valorem equivalents (AVE); Border effect; Food trade; Information costs; Preferences

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD PREFERENCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRANSACTION COST;

ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49049120720     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2008.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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