Tariff Liberalisation and the Growth of World Trade: A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Multilateral Trading System

World Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1809-1835

  Nenci, Silvia ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MULTILATERAL TRADE; PANEL DATA; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80054115777     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2011.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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