When comparative advantage is not enough: Business costs in small remote economies

World Trade Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-383

  Alan Winters, L ^a   Martins, Pedro M G ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 7244235071     PISSN: 14747456     EISSN: 14753138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474745604001922     Document Type: Article

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