Policy and non-Policy barriers to trade and implicit taxation of exports in Uganda

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 67-90

  Milner, Chris ^a   Morrissey, Oliver ^a,c   Rudaheranwa, Nicodemus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c CREDIT ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; TAX SYSTEM; TRADE POLICY; TRANSACTION COST;

UGANDA;

EID: 0035096492     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713600069     Document Type: Article

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