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Trade agreements as self-protection
Wu, Jennifer Pédussel - 2002
optimal level of integration are examined. Multilateralism and regionalism are concluded to be complements. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519046
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Preferential and non-preferential approaches to trade liberalization in East Asia : what differences do utilization rates and reciprocity make?
Menon, Jayant - 2013
Previous studies on the impacts of free trade agreements (FTAs) in East Asia have assumed full utilization of preferences. The evidence suggests that this assumption is seriously in error, with the estimated uptake particularly low in East Asia. In this paper, we assume a more realistic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009734295
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Regionalism in a multilateral world
Ethier, Wilfred - 1996
success of past multilateralism and an added guarantee for its survival. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010220233
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Regional inequalities in African political economy: theory, conceptualization and measurement, and political effects
Boone, Catherine; Simson, Rebecca - 2019
There is growing recognition in the economics literature that African countries are characterized by very large economic disparities across subnational regions. Yet the lack of systematic and reliable empirical data at subnational levels of aggregation has made it difficult to explore possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261928
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International migration and trade agreements : the new role of PTAs
Orefice, Gianluca - 2013
This paper investigates empirically the role of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) as determinants of migration … inflows for 29 OECD countries in the period 1998-2008. By increasing information about signatory countries, PTAs are expected …, I estimate a modified gravity model on migration flows providing evidence of a strong positive effect of PTAs on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374314
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Why do countries enter into preferential agreements on trade in services? : assessing the potential for negotiated regulatory convergence in Asian services markets
Sauvé, Pierre; Shingal, Anirudh - 2014
More than half of the World Trade Organization (WTO)-notified services trade agreements (STAs) in effect since 2008 have involved at least one (South or Southeast) Asian trading partner. Drawing on Baier and Bergstrand's (2004) determinants of preferential trade agreements and using the World...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010367380
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Tariff reductions, trade patterns and the wage gap
Di Comite, Francesco; Nocco, Antonella; Orefice, Gianluca - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484065
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The impact of trade agreements on world export prices
Flach, Lisandra; Gräf, Fabian - 2018
new PTAs (Preferential Trade Agreements), we show that a country's membership in trade agreements is associated with an … particular, we find that PTAs with provisions on investments are associated with higher export prices. The results are consistent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846155
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Digital trade integration in preferential trade agreements
Mitchell, Andrew D.; Mishra, Neha - 2020
to which Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) can or do contribute to digital integration. Some recent PTAs contain … ambitious provisions to reduce regulatory barriers in digital trade and facilitate cross-border data flows. However, most PTAs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012216066
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Regionalism as an engine of multilateralism : a case for a single East Asian FTA
Kawai, Masahiro - 2008
As East Asia becomes increasingly integrated through market-driven trade and FDI activities, free trade agreements (FTAs) are proliferating. Consolidation of multiple and overlapping FTAs into a single East Asian FTA can help mitigate the harmful noodle bowl effects of different or competing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281483