Domestic transport infrastructure and firms' export market participation

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 879-898

  Albarran, Pedro ^a   Carrasco, Raquel ^b   Holl, Adelheid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Dynamic panel data; Export decisions; Geographic information systems; Road transport infrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876693925     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9393-9     Document Type: Article

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