A political-economy theory of trade agreements

American Economic Review

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1374-1406

  Maggi, Giovanni ^a,b   Rodríguez Clare, Andrés ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35348914832     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.97.4.1374     Document Type: Review

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