Forecasting the trade outcomes of liberalization in a quota context - What do we learn from changes in textiles trade after the ATC?

Journal of World Trade

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-150

  Curran, Louise ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC IMPACT; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; KOREA; SOUTH ASIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 44349120107     PISSN: 10116702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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