Endogenous transport prices and trade imbalances

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 509-527

  Jonkeren, Olaf ^a   Demirel, Erhan ^a   van Ommereny, Jos ^a,b   Rietveldy, Piet ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Backhaul problem; Imbalance; Inland waterway transport; Trade; Transport price

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE FLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 79951527615     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq002     Document Type: Article

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