Domestic regulation and the WTO: The case of water services in developing countries

World Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1491-1508

  Kirkpatrick, Colin ^a   Parker, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIBERALIZATION; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33646857590     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2005.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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