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U.S. Transportation Responses to NAFTA: A Window on U.S.-Mexico Transport Issues

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Sciara, GC. (2003). U.S. Transportation Responses to NAFTA: A Window on U.S.-Mexico Transport Issues. In: Batema, J.J., Fernandez, L., Carson, R.T. (eds) Both Sides of the Border. The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47961-3_15

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