Protection versus promotion: An empirical investigation

Economics and Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-162

  Mitra, Devashish ^a   Thomakos, Dimitrios D ^b   Ulubaşoǧlu, Mehmet A ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ELASTICITY; IMPORT; PROTECTIONISM; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 3142721865     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2004.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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