Proliferating regional trade arrangements: Why and whither?

World Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1525-1557

  Lee, Jong Wha ^a,b   Park, Innwon ^b   Shin, Kwanho ^b  

^a Asian Development Bank

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 57449092667     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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