Endoh, Masahiro; Hamada, Koichi; Shimomura, Koji - Economics Department, Yale University - 2008
PTAs are generally negotiated without any tariff concessions or transfers to non-member countries. Can such a PTA benefit the neighbors' welfare? In a two-good competitive equilibrium model in the absence of an entrepot, a PTA without concessions to the outsider will hurt the outsider's welfare...