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The Structure of Foreign Trade

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Helpman, E.

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In this paper, the author will try to describe in this lecture what economists know about foreign trade and in what ways their understanding has improved as a result of the last twenty years of research.

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Paper provided by Tel Aviv in its series Papers with number 18-98.

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Date of creation: 1998
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Keywords: INTERNATIONAL TRADE ; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ; EXPORTS;

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F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General

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