Contract enforcement and trade liberalization in Mexico's footwear industry

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 979-991

  Woodruff, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT; FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY; INTERFIRM RELATIONS; TRADE LIBERALISATION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032100361     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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