Trade costs

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 691-751

  Anderson, James E ^a,b   Van Wincoop, Eric ^b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NBER ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 8744303620     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0022051042177649     Document Type: Article

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