In search of optimised regional trade agreements and applications to East Asia

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 783-806

  Lee, Hongshik ^a   Park, Innwon ^b  

^a Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE TRADE; REGIONAL TRADE; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34247367605     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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