In this paper, we examine the impacts of broad and regional integration on long-run economic development.We construct cross-country measures of regional integration that account for both the magnitude and the endogeneity of individual regional integration agreements. We then include our regional...

This paper constructs new measures of regional trading arrangement (RTA) membership based on the degree of integration and implementation. We find that RTAs create intra-bloc trade regardless of their type and that more integrated RTAs generate greater total trade creation

In this article, we investigate the impact of regional trading arrangements (RTAs) on the environment. We propose an empirical model where RTAs, trade, growth and environmental quality are interrelated. As a result, an RTA in our model can impact the environment either directly or indirectly via...