The importance of telecommunications reform in Russia's accession to the WTO

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-58

  Jensen, Jesper ^a   Rutherford, Thomas ^b   Tarr, David ^c  

^a Copenhagen Economics ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33645924701     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/EEE0012-8755440102     Document Type: Article

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