Bergeijk, Peter A.G. van; Afesorgbor, Afesorgbor, S.K. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2011
Using a gravity model for 35 countries and the years 1995-2006 we estimate the impact of regional trade agreements in Africa (in particular ECOWAS and SADC) and compare this to the a benchmark of North South trade integration (Europe’s preferential trade agreement). We find that • ECOWAS and...