The Economic Geography of Trade, Production, and Income: A Survey of Empirics

Handbook of International Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 350-387

  Overman, Henry G ^a   Redding, Stephen ^a   Venables, Anthony J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factor prices; Localization; Technology differences; Trade costs; Trade volumes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889486182     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756461.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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