Environment and trade: The implications of imperfect information and political economy

World Trade Review

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-256

  Sturm, Daniel ^a   Ulph, Alistair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009330566     PISSN: 14747456     EISSN: 14753138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474745602001234     Document Type: Article

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