Mutual recognition revisited: Misunderstandings, inconsistencies, and a suggested reinterpretation

Kyklos

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-465

  Kerber, Wolfgang ^a   Van den Bergh, Roger ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC THEORY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRADE FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 48249132931     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2008.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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