Preferential trade agreements as stumbling blocks for multilateral trade liberalization: Evidence for the United States

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 896-914

  Limão, Nuno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Center for Economic Policy Research   (United States)

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EID: 33745692131     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.96.3.896     Document Type: Review

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