The impact of preferential trade agreements on governmental repression revisited

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 343-361

  Spilker, Gabriele ^a,b   Böhmelt, Tobias ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Human rights; International institutions; Preferential trade agreements; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883802664     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-012-9155-8     Document Type: Article

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