Climate, trade and water: A 'grand coalition'?

World Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1883-1910

  Messerlin, Patrick ^a  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84055199858     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2011.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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