What do trade negotiators negotiate about? Empirical evidence from the world trade organization

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1238-1273

  Bagwell, Kyle ^a   Staiger, Robert W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959903386     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.4.1238     Document Type: Article

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