The Baltic Sea Regional Integration and International Trade: A Gravity Model Approach

  • Tiiu Paas
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Gravity Model Trade Flow Bilateral Trade Trade Relation NBER Working Paper 
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  • Tiiu Paas
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  1. 1.University of TartuEstonia

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