A re-evaluation of the impact of regional agreements on trade patterns

Economie Internationale

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-51

  Fontagné, Lionel ^b   Zignago, Soledad ^a  

^a CEPII   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Border effects; Gravity; Regional integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749144095     PISSN: 12408095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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