Can standards immiserize?

Economics Letters

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 361-366

  Dehejia, Vivek H ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distortions; F11; Harmonization; Optimal tariff; Second best theory; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032396007     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00054-8     Document Type: Article

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