Migration as trade facilitation: Assessing the links between international trade and migration

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hatzigeorgiou, Andreas ^a  

^a Department for Global Development   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gravity equation; International trade; Migration; Trade facilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950533040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2100     Document Type: Article

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