Economic and environmental benefits of eliminating log export bans - The case of Costa Rica

World Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 609-624

  Kishor, Nalin ^a   Mani, Muthukumara ^b   Constantino, Luis ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE POLICY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 2442682701     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0378-5920.2004.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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