China's foreign trade: Perspectives from the past 150years

World Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 853-892

  Keller, Wolfgang ^a,b   Li, Ben ^c   Shiue, Carol H ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; IMPORT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE FLOW; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE REFORM; TRADE RELATIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 79959429677     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2011.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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