Regionalism in standards: Good or bad for trade?

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 838-863

  Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang ^a   Mattoo, Aaditya ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PANEL DATA; REGIONALISM; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE RELATIONS;

EID: 47649095947     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2008.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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