Consensus and majority voting in the WTO

World Trade Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 417-437

  Tijmes Lhl, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 70450184339     PISSN: 14747456     EISSN: 14753138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474745609004388     Document Type: Article

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