Trade barriers, openness, and economic growth

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 397-418

  Madsen, Jakob B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

F14; F32; Jel classification: f13

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449365833     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4284/sej.2009.76.2.397     Document Type: Article

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