The determinants of regional manufactured exports from a developing country

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-358

  Matthee, Marianne ^a   Naudé, Wim ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Distance; Home market effect; Regional exports; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

COST; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MANUFACTURED EXPORT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 51649099798     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017608319413     Document Type: Article

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