The impact of NAFTA on Mexico's environmental policy

Growth and Change

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-48

  Husted, Bryan W ^a   Logsdon, Jeanne M ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NAFTA; NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPACT; TRADE AGREEMENT;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030656524     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.1997.tb00915.x     Document Type: Article

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