Why has China's trade grown so fast? A demand-side perspective

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-100

  Liu, Xiaoyun ^a   Xin, Xian ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; multiregion general equilibrium model; preference changes; trade growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551601636     PISSN: 1540496X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/REE1540-496X470105     Document Type: Article

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