Constituent diversity and congress: The case of NAFTA

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 349-360

  Dennis, Christopher ^a   Bishin, Benjamin ^b   Nicolaou, Politimy ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0347561477     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(00)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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