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Do free trade agreements actually increase members' international trade? [PDF]
Journal of International Economics, 2005 For more than forty years, the gravity equation has been a workhorse for cross-country empirical analyses of international trade flows and, in particular, the effects of free trade agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. However, the gravity equation is subject to the same econometric critique as earlier cross-industry studies of U.S.
Scott L. Baier, Jeffrey H. Bergstrand
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Free-trade agreements: challenges for global health [PDF]
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2015 In this study new free-trade agreements are discussed, which are based on the breaking down of tariff and technical barriers and normally exclude most of the poorest countries in the world.
Helena Ribeiro
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Free Trade Agreements versus Customs Unions [PDF]
Journal of Development Economics, 1995 Until NAFTA, analyses of preferential trading arrangements began by assuming a customs union with a common external tariff, and the differences between customs unions and free trade agreements (FTAs) have been littie analyzed. This paper points to some of the differences between FTAs and customs unions, and shows that on welfare grounds a customs union
Anne O. Krueger
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Can Bilateral Trade Agreements Help Induce Free Trade [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000 There has been growing debate about whether bilateral trade agreements are damaging multilateral efforts to eliminate barriers to international trade. This paper develops a model in which trading blocks always charge optimal tariffs and make trade agreements based on strategic considerations. We ask a very simple question.
Riezman, Raymond Glenn
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Are Free Trade Agreements contagious? [PDF]
Journal of International Economics, 2012 Abstract This paper tests the hypothesis that the domino-like spread of regionalism is partly driven by ‘defensive’ FTAs, i.e. FTAs signed to reduce discrimination created by third-nation FTAs. A theory-based measure is used to test contagion against alternative determinants of regionalism.
Richard Baldwin, Dany Jaimovich
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Women at the frontline of COVID-19: Can Gender Mainstreaming in Free Trade Agreements Help? [PDF]
Journal of International Economic Law, 2020 Amrita Bahri
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Implications of bilateral free trade agreements on access to medicines [PDF]
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006 The TRIPS Agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) mandated the introduction of protection of intellectual property rights, notably patents, for pharmaceutical products.
Correa Carlos María
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The Politics of Free-Trade Agreements. [PDF]
American Economic Review, 1993 Suppose that an opportunity arises for two countries to negotiate a free-trade agreement. Will a free-trade agreement between these countries be politically viable and, if so, what form will it take? The authors address these questions using a political-economy framework that emphasizes the interaction between industry special-interest groups and an ...
Gene M. Grossman, Elhanan Helpman
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The free trade agreements of North America [PDF]
Međunarodni Problemi, 2023 The definition of North America as a sub-region of the New World from the end of the Cold War to the post-Cold War era is still a perennial problem. The paper focuses on the analysis of the status of three countries in North America during the period ...
Ivan Dujić
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FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS IN THE WORLD TRADE SYSTEM: BENEFITS AND MODELS
Фінансово-кредитна діяльність: проблеми теорії та практики, 2022 It is indicated that one of the characteristic features of the modern trade system is the rapid growth of the number of regional trade agreements, which, in turn, causes asymmetry in the dominance of regional cross-border trade rules over multilateral ...
Тетяна Циганкова +5 more
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