Two sides of economic openness: non-tariff barriers to trade and capital controls in transition countries, 1993–2000
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عنوان ژورنال: Communist and Post-Communist Studies
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0967-067X,1873-6920
DOI: 10.1016/s0967-067x(03)00027-8