Measuring the gains from trade under monopolistic competition

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-28

  Feenstra, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MONOPOLY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 74949097207     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2009.01577.x     Document Type: Article

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