Trade and Development: Lessons from Vietnam's Past Trade Agreements

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-353

  Abbott, Philip ^a   Bentzen, Jeanet ^b   Tarp, Finn ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bilateral trade agreements; trade and development; trade liberalization; Vietnam; WTO accession

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; RESEARCH WORK; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE REFORM; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 58149265159     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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