Is the Border Effect an Artefact of Geographical Aggregation?

World Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1771-1787

  Llano Verduras, Carlos ^a   Minondo, Asier ^b   Requena Silvente, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; BORDER REGION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPORT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MACROECONOMICS; TRADE FLOW;

SPAIN;

EID: 80054103926     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2011.01398.x     Document Type: Article

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