Offshore strategies in global political economy: Small islands and the case of the EU and OECD Harmful tax competition initiatives

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 685-699

  Woodward, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85044910435     PISSN: 09557571     EISSN: 1474449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09557570601003569     Document Type: Article

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