Environmental improvement with trade liberalization

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 639-661

  Bommer, Rolf ^a   Schulze, Günther G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; NAFTA; Political economy; Trade liberalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033226941     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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