Interest groups and economic policy: Explaining the pattern of protection in the Brazilian agricultural sector

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 462-476

  Helfand, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 23044524907     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2000.tb00042.x     Document Type: Article

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