Shopping for protection: The politics of choosing trade instruments in a partially legalized world

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 421-444

  Naoi, Megumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; GATT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 66949174467     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2009.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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