Strategic trade policy in the presence of consumer learning

Economica

Volumn 67, Issue 266, 2000, Pages 283-295

  Wojcik, Charlotte ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; LEARNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 0034049881     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00208     Document Type: Article

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