Trade liberalisation and economic performance: Theory and evidence for developing countries

World Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 783-821

  Santos Paulino, Amelia U ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

EID: 21744460874     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2005.00707.x     Document Type: Review

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