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A gravity analysis of inter-provincial trade
Lapham, Beverly J.; Teeter, Daniel - 2023
In this paper, we provide evidence of frictions associated with trade in goods and services among Canadian provinces. We examine empirical relationships between sector- and industry-level trade flows and trading frictions associated with intra-provincial trade, inter-provincial trade, and...
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GVCs and the endogenous geography of RTAs
Fontagné, Lionel; Santoni, Gianluca - 2018
Geography, economic size, or common history, help predicting signed regional trade agreements (RTAs). However, not all signed RTAs are "natural" according to economic determinants. En-dogeneity and general equilibrium effects of RTAS are the two mechanisms addressed in this paper. We estimate...
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Advantages and Disadvantages for Canada of Multilateral, Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements
Ciuriak, Dan - 2016
Canada is at an historic juncture with regard to trade policy, deciding on ratification of the Canada-EU and Trans … facing constraints in making additional economic gains from serial bilateral agreements. The key issues facing Canada revolve … brief argues that Canada needs to do the math on the agreements, and to urgently fashion a trade and innovation regime to …
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
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Heterogeneous economic integration agreement effects
Baier, Scott L.; Bergstrand, Jeffrey H.; Clance, Matthew W. - 2015
Gravity equations have been used for more than 50 years to estimate ex post the partial effects of trade costs on international trade flows, and the well-known - and traditionally presumed exogenous - "trade-cost elasticity" plays a central role in computing general equilibrium trade-flow and...
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Multilateralising regionalism on government procurement
Ueno, Asako - 2013
The potential multilateralisation of government procurement commitments in regional trade agreements (RTAs) presents many issues and challenges. To what extent do RTAs go beyond the 2012 revised Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), and how do they differ among trading partners? This report...
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Fulfilling the promises of South Asian integration : a gravity estimation
Moinuddin, Mustafa - 2013
In all the regions of the contemporary world - including Asia - there is a growing trend in market consolidation through regional collaboration in the form of bilateral and regional trade agreements. Regional cooperation and integration can facilitate the way for expanding markets and creating...
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Antidumping regional regimes and the multilateral trading system : do regional antidumping regimes make a difference?
Rey, Jean-Daniel - 2012 - Manuscript date: October 2012
As of November 2010, more than 300 regional trade agreements (RTAs) were in force. Approximately two-thirds of them had been notified to the WTO. Each of these RTAs had, implicitly or explicitly, established a regional legal framework for the application of intra-regional, and sometimes...
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Market access provisions on trade in goods in regional trade agreements
Crawford, Jo-Ann - 2012 - Manuscript date: October 2012
This paper assembles detailed information on the market access provisions in trade in goods contained in 192 active regional trade agreements (RTAs) notified to the WTO as of November 2010. Although market access provisions in trade in goods in RTAs have been addressed in a number of studies,...
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Services rules in regional trade agreements : how diverse and how creative as compared to the GATS multilateral rules?
Latrille, Pierre; Lee, Juneyoung - 2012 - Manuscript date: October 2012
The study tries first to assess the extent of similarities and divergences among services rules in regional trade agreements as compared to the GATS. To do so, it uses a typology identifying variations in 48 key provisions structured under seven themes commonly found in RTAs and using the GATS...
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