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Overcoming Distance, Overcoming Borders: Comparing North American Regional Trade

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This paper analyses the border effect and its relation to tariff-based and non-tariff-based barriers to cross-border trade in North America.

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  • Brown, W. Mark, 2003. "Overcoming Distance, Overcoming Borders: Comparing North American Regional Trade," Economic Analysis (EA) Research Paper Series 2003008e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
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