Existence of equilibrium in the Helpman-Krugman model of international trade with imperfect competition

Economic Theory

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-270

  Arnold, Lutz G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Existence of equilibrium; Imperfect competition; International trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874565739     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-011-0624-8     Document Type: Article

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