Cultural proximity and trade

European Economic Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-293

  Felbermayr, Gabriel J ^a   Toubal, Farid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Cultural proximity; Eurovision song contest; Gravity equation; International trade

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 77549086446     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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