Tariffs and other trade costs: Assessing obstacles to Mediterranean countries' access to EU-15 fruit and vegetable markets

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-438

  Emlinger, Charlotte ^a   Jacquet, Florence ^b   Lozza, Emmanuelle Chevassus ^b  

^a CIHEAM Institute Agronomique Mediterraneen de Montpellier (IAMM)   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

EU Mediterranean agreement; Fruit and vegetables; Gravity models; Tariffs; Transport cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049101573     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbn031     Document Type: Review

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