with the location effects deriving from trade costs, increasing returns to scale, product dif ferentiation, and … depends negatively on the magnitude of the trade costs. Hence, the model accommodates high levels of intra-industry trade … among countries with similar level of development, as well as high levels of interindustry trade among countries with …

This paper explores the relationship between preferential and multilateral trade liberalization at the sectoral level …. While in some industries, complementary effects between both kinds of trade liberalization are observed, in others no …

Preferential trade agreements could lead to a reallocation of resources across sectors and countries. Production …, empirical evidence on South-South trade agreements is limited. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap in the empirical …, and Uruguay over the period 1985-1998. We find that deepened preferential trade liberalization has fostered a reshaping of …