A rather empty world: The many faces of distance and the persistent resistance to international trade

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-458

  Linders, Gert Jan M ^a   Burger, Martijn J ^b   Van Oort, Frank G ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distance; International trade; Trade barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249138879     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsn019     Document Type: Article

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