Anson, José; Cadot, Olivier; Estevadeordal, Antoni; … - In: Review of International Economics 13 (2005) 3, pp. 501-517
All preferential trading agreements (PTAs) short of a customs union use rules of origin (ROO) to prevent trade deflection. ROO raise production costs and create administrative costs. This paper argues that in the case of the recent wave of North-South PTAs, the presence of ROO virtually limits...