Trade adjustment in the WTO system: Are more safeguards the answer?

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-439

  Bown, Chad P ^a   Mcculloch, Rachel ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Developing countries; Safeguards; WTO

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MULTILATERAL TRADE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 35848959285     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grm018     Document Type: Article

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