Evaluating China's integration in world trade with a gravity model based benchmark

Open Economies Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-111

  Bussière, Matthieu ^a   Schnatz, Bernd ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Gravity model; Panel data; Trade

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MODEL TEST; PANEL DATA; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE RELATIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 59049088991     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-007-9061-5     Document Type: Article

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