'Best practices' in regional trading agreements: An application to Asia

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1771-1796

  Plummer, Michael G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FREE TRADE AREA; OECD; REGIONAL TRADE; REGIONALISM; TRADE AGREEMENT;

EID: 36248940794     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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