The Most Favored Nation Principle: Passive Constraint or Active Commitment?
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Keywords
Most-Favored-Nation Principle; Sequential Trade Agreements; Commitment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
- F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
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