Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-305

  Åslund, Anders ^a  

^a PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

G 8; Income substitution; Industrial policy; Oligarchs; Property rights; Protectionism; Russia; Russian business lobby; Russian American trade; WTO

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; PROTECTIONISM; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34547153762     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.48.3.289     Document Type: Article

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