On the death of distance and borders: Evidence from the nineteenth century

Economics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-233

  Jacks, David S ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NBER ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Border effects; Commodity market integration; Globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350423065     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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