Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Theory of Trade Agreements and Economic Integration, Size of Economics, Trade Costs … Impact of Trade Costs on Trade Flows and Welfare: Country Size and PTA Implications -- 5 A Cross-Section Analysis of Size … Classification and the Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements -- 6 A Panel data Analysis of Size Classification and the Effects of …

consolidation of regional trade integration, East Asian governments negotiate trade deals with partners outside of their region at …-regional partner selection? How do cross-regional FTSs (CRTAs) influence their intra-regional trade initiatives? Through detailed … governments seek to leverage their CRTAs in the pursuit of intra-regional trade integration objectives, a process that yields a …

: Measurement and Aggregation Issues -- The Gravity Model in International Trade -- Trade Impact of EU Preferential Policies: a Meta …-analysis of the Literature -- Trade Impact of EU Preferences -- Analysing the Impact of Everything but Arms Initative Using a … Gravity Model -- Trade Impact of EU Preferences: an Analysis with Monthly Data -- Trade Preference Through Tariff Rate Quotas …

relating to FTAs. Dividing the world into seven major regions, he analyses world trade, the globalisation of FTAs and their … role within and between the regions. Using a new world trade model, he then presents new evidence on the impact of trade … trade policy. Covering rich and poor countries, commodity exporters and all of the world’s regions, he offers new and …

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of South-South regional trade issues, with a particular focus on … sustainably fostering Africa’s regional trade agenda. It examines the extent to which South-South regional trade agreements (RTAs … opportunities and challenges that emerging economies now represent for Africa in the context of South-South regional trade policy …

Green Trade Agreements reviews and analyses the environmental provisions that have become an important characteristic … of the growing number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements. This book examines the range of approaches to …

minilateral preferential trade agreements. Scholarly analysis of 'formal' East Asian regionalism focuses on international …. Yet this work pays inadequate attention to the strategies of individual government agencies, business groups, labor unions …, and NGOs across the region. Moreover, most studies also fail to adequately characterize different types of trade …

Introduction -- Part A: Economic Integration and Its Trade Effects -- Part B: Financial Sector Development and Common … contributions are grouped into five parts: economic integration and its effects on trade; common currency and exchange rate …

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of both national and regional trade facilitation capacities, issues …, challenges and lessons, with a special interest in sustainably advancing West Africa’s regional trade facilitation agenda. It … examines the contributions of trade facilitation towards enhancing regional integration and economic expansion in the face of …