Timing is everything: Elections and trade liberalization in the postcommunist world

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-398

  Frye, Timothy ^a   Mansfield, Edward D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic reform; Elections; Postcommunist countries; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442428424     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414003262907     Document Type: Review

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