Trade creation and diversion revisited: Accounting for model uncertainty and natural trading partner effects

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 296-321

  Eicher, Theo S ^a   Henn, Christian ^b   Papageorgiou, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

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EID: 84857158835     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1198     Document Type: Article

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