Several authors have argued that if exporting firms anticipate a voluntary expor t restriction in a future period, and they expect VERs to be allocated in p ro p o rtion to past exports, then they have an incentive to dump in the earlier period. In this paper we ask: How does a regime...

Via partnership agreements like the Cotonou Partnership Agreement, the EU provides African countries with access to its markets and asks for compliance with a given set of good governance norms and procedures. While the EU markets are significant for African countries, African markets are not...