Economic integration and the two margins of trade: The impact of the barcelona process on North African countries' exports

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-265

  Bensassi, Sami ^a   Márquez Ramos, Laura ^a   Martŕnez Zarzoso, Inmaculada ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84857846951     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejr038     Document Type: Article

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