Transparency and regional integration in the Asia Pacific

World Economy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-508

  Helble, Matthias ^a   Shepherd, Ben ^b   Wilson, John S ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM; EXPORT; FREE TRADE AREA; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE BLOC; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE RELATIONS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 63049083763     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2009.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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