Can bilateral trade agreements help to induce free trade?

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 751-766

  Riezman, Raymond ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; FREE TRADE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE BLOC;

EID: 0032880607     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136448     Document Type: Article

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