Import demand elasticities and trade distortions

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 666-682

  Hiau, Looi Kee ^a   Nicita, Alessandro ^a,b   Olarreaga, Marcelo ^a,c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b United Nations Conference on Trade and Development   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 55549140831     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.4.666     Document Type: Article

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