How desirable is the South Asian free trade area? A quantitative economic assessment

World Economy

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1293-1323

  Bandara, Jayatilleke S ^a   Yu, Wusheng ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FREE TRADE AREA; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; REGIONAL TRADE;

(SOUTH); ASIA;

EID: 0344688207     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-9701.2003.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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