Why were Latin America's tariffs so much higher than Asia's before 1950?
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0212-6109,2041-3335
DOI: 10.1017/s021261091100019x