Deconstructing gravity: Trade costs and extensive and intensive margins;Déconstruction de la gravité: Coûts du commerce et marges extensive et intensive

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1149-1172

  Lawless, Martina ^a  

^a Financial Services Authority of   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; IMPORT; INFRASTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRADE FLOW; TRANSACTION COST;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958539144     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01609.x     Document Type: Article

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