Road infrastructure and regional economic integration: Evidence from the Mekong

Infrastructure and Trade in Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 143-172

  Edmonds, Christopher ^a   Fujimura, Manabu ^b  

^a ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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