Trade, democracy, and the gravity equation

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-300

  Yu, Miaojie ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Democracy; Gravity equation; Trade

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; ECONOMETRICS; EXPORT; IMPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRADE;

EID: 70350783873     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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