Optimal Provision of Global Public Goods under Uncertainly: Strategic Transfers and Reservations in a Multilateral Treaty Obligation*
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of International Logistics and Trade
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1738-2122,2508-7592
DOI: 10.24006/jilt.2014.12.3.39