Trade wars: The exaggerated impact of trade in economic debate

World Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-23

  Freeman, Richard B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE TRADE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE RELATIONS;

EID: 1342308543     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2004.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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