Assessing the economic effects of trade barriers

SNF Working Paper No. 03/07 ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF TRADE BARRIERS

by

Torbjørn Lorentzen

SNF Project No. 5705: “Handelsbarrierer og foredling av fiskevarer”

The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BERGEN, MARCH 2007

ISSN 1503-2140

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