Illicit agricultural trade

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-287

  Ferrier, Peyton ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

CITES; Endangered species act; Illicit trade; Invasive species; Regionalization; Smuggling; SPS agreement

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449090520     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500003051     Document Type: Article

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