Does tariff liberalization promote trade? Latin American countries in the long-run (1900-2000)

Global Economy Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Nenci, Silvia ^a   Pietrobelli, Carlo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Import growth; Latin America; Tariffs liberalization; Time series; Trade integration process

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149376175     PISSN: 15245861     EISSN: 15245861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1524-5861.1364     Document Type: Article

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