Do transport costs have a differential effect on trade at the sectoral level?

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3145-3157

  Martinez Zarzoso, Inmaculada ^a,b   Perez Garcia, Eva Maria ^c   Suarez Burguet, Celestino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b Ibero American Institute for Economic Research   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS SECTION; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 57549091158     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600994179     Document Type: Article

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