Rules versus Discretion in Trade Policy: An Empirical Analysis

Robert W. Staiger & Guido Tabellini
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Copyright 1991
ISBN 0226035697
Empirical Studies of Commercial Policy
Book: Empirical Studies of Commercial Policy
Book editor: Robert E. Baldwin
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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  • Robert W. Staiger and Guido Tabellini, Empirical Studies of Commercial Policy (University of Chicago Press, 1991), chap. 1, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/empirical-studies-commercial-policy/rules-versus-discretion-trade-policy-empirical-analysis.

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