Estimating trade restrictiveness indices

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 534, 2009, Pages 172-199

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

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POVERTY; TRADE POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 57749103739     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02209.x     Document Type: Article

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