Services trade liberalisation and domestic regulations: The developing country conundrum

Global Economy Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Karmakar, Suparna ^a  

^a Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations ICRIER   (India)

Author keywords

Domestic regulations; GATS and liberalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847113300     PISSN: 15245861     EISSN: 15245861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1524-5861.1223     Document Type: Article

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