Transport costs and international trade

A Handbook of Transport Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 97-115

  Behar, Alberto ^a   Venables, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861232466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857930873.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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