An examination of Morocco's trade options with the EU

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-300

  Philippidis, G ^a   Sanjuan A I ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FREE TRADE; STATE LED DEVELOPMENT; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847742259     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejl021     Document Type: Article

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