The limits of rent seeking: Why protectionists become free traders

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-63

  Lusztig, Michael ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Mexico; Policy innovation; Rent seeking; Trade liberalization; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032398786     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096922998347642     Document Type: Article

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