Can bilateralism ease the pains of multilateral trade liberalization?

European Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-44

  Cadot, Olivier ^a,c   De Melo, Jaime ^b,c   Olarreaga, Marcelo ^c,d  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Free trade Areas; Political Economy

Indexed keywords

FREE TRADE AREA; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 0035134889     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(99)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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