The economics of fair trade

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-236

  Dragusanu, Raluca ^a   Giovannucci, Daniele ^b   Nunn, Nathan ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Committee on Sustainability Assessment ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84907516448     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: 19447965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.28.3.217     Document Type: Article

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