A bit is better than a lot: Bilateral investment treaties and preferential trade agreements

World Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-42

  Tobin, Jennifer L ^a   Busch, Marc L ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENT; TRADE AGREEMENT;

EID: 76249109698     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043887109990190     Document Type: Article

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