The trade reducing effects of restrictions on liner shipping

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 231-242

  Bertho, Fabien ^a   Borchert, Ingo ^b   Mattoo, Aaditya ^c  

^a Government of France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Investment restrictions; Maritime transport; Services trade policy; Trade costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962110330     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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