Local comparative advantage: Trade costs and the pattern of trade

International Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-35

  Deardorff, Alan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Trade costs; Transportation costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894096533     PISSN: 17427355     EISSN: 17427363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijet.12025     Document Type: Article

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