Have developed countries escaped the curse of distance?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-139

  Boulhol, Hervé ^a   de Serres, Alain ^a  

^a OECD ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Distance; Economic geography; Market access

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; HETEROGENEITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODELING; PANEL DATA;

EID: 77649114489     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp015     Document Type: Article

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