Should tariff-rate quotas mimic quotas?. Implications for trade liberalization under a supply management policy

North American Journal of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-261

  Larue, Bruno ^a   Gervais, Jean Philippe ^a   Pouliot, Sébastien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Non equivalence; Quotas; Supply management; Tariff rate quotas; Tariffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148862216     PISSN: 10629408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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