Entrepôt for chinese consumer goods in central asia: The puzzle of re-exports through kyrgyz bazaars

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-590

  Kaminski, Bartłomiej ^a,b   Raballand, Gaël ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Bazaars; Central Asia; China; Foreign trade; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mirror statistics; Re exports; Spillover effects

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; GOODS EXCHANGE; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TRADE FLOW; TRADE RELATIONS;

CHINA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN;

EID: 76149107836     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.5.581     Document Type: Article

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