The political economy of trade protection: The determinants and welfare impact of the 2002 US Emergency Steel Safeguard Measures

World Economy

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1119-1137

  Read, Robert ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; STEEL; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745303817     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2005.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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