Was Germany ever United? Evidence from Intra- and International Trade, 1885-1933

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 846-881

  Wolf, Nikolaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE FLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 70450247030     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050709001144     Document Type: Article

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