The Politics of Trade Agreement Design: Revisiting the Depth-Flexibility Nexus.
Existing research indicates the interrelated nature of different dimensions of the design of international institutions. In particular, it shows the greater flexibility of deep agreements. We argue--and demonstrate empirically--that the positive relationship between depth and flexibility holds for p...
| Publicado en: | International Studies Quarterly Vol. 59; no. 4; pp. 765 - 776 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2015
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