Are regional trading agreements beneficial?. Static and dynamic panel gravity models

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-65

  Martínez Zarzoso, Inmaculada ^a,b   Felicitas, Nowak Lehmann D ^a   Horsewood, Nicholas ^c  

^a Ibero America Institute for Economic Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravity equation; Integration effects; International trade; Panel data; Regionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349217337     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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