Are free trade areas good for multilateralism? Evidence from the European Free Trade Association

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 507-527

  Kono, Daniel Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE TRADE; MULTILATERAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

EID: 0036930221     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2478.00243     Document Type: Article

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