Overall trade specialization and economic development: Countries diversify

Review of World Economics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-55

  De Benedictis, Luca ^a   Gallegati, Marco ^b   Tamberi, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Generalized additive models; International trade; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749113832     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-009-0007-4     Document Type: Article

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