Trade, environmental regulations and the World Trade Organization: New empirical evidence

Journal of World Trade

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-306

  Busse, Matthias ^a  

^a Hamburgisches Welt Wirtschafts Archiv   (Germany)

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EID: 33748764075     PISSN: 10116702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.54648/trad2004012     Document Type: Article

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