An economic theory of GATT

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 215-248

  Bagwell, Kyle ^a   Staiger, Robert W ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0001018654     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.1.215     Document Type: Article

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