Does legal capacity matter? A survey of WTO Members

World Trade Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-577

  Busch, Marc L ^a   Reinhardt, Eric ^b   Shaffer, Gregory ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 74049161049     PISSN: 14747456     EISSN: 14753138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474745609990085     Document Type: Review

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