The dynamics of trade integration and the political value of commitment

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 398-414

  Hefeker, Carsten ^a   Gros, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 0034109276     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/52.2.398     Document Type: Article

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