Multilateralism and hub-and-spoke bilateralism

Review of International Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 658-674

  Mukunoki, Hiroshi ^a   Tachi, Kentaro ^b  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; ECONOMIC THEORY; FREE TRADE; FREE TRADE AREA; MULTILATERAL TRADE; OLIGOPOLY; TRADE BLOC;

EID: 33747172512     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2006.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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