Baccini, Leonardo; Dür, Andreas; Elsig, Manfred; … - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2011
Since 1990 the number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has increased very rapidly. This paper aims to contribute to this literature by presenting a new database on PTAs called Design of Trade Agreements (DESTA). We identified a total of 690 negotiated trade agreements between 1945 and...
