Is regionalism an increasing feature of the world economy?

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 923-947

  Pomfret, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MULTILATERAL TRADE; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL TRADE; REGIONALISM; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34250021948     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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