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Agricultural trade and government intervention - A persepctive from a developing country

In: Studies in Trade and Investment - AGRICULTURAL TRADE - PLANTING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL LIBERALIZATION IN ASIA

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  • Biswajit Dhar

    (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP))

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this chapter reviews traditional arguments for trade liberalization and provides a closer look at the additional reasons for use of government intervention.

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  • Biswajit Dhar, 2007. "Agricultural trade and government intervention - A persepctive from a developing country," STUDIES IN TRADE AND INVESTMENT, in: Studies in Trade and Investment - AGRICULTURAL TRADE - PLANTING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL LIBERALIZATION IN ASIA, volume 60, pages 211-223, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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    Agricultural trade; government intervention; India;
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