Regional trade agreements (English)

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on regionalism. The formation of regional trade agreements has been, by far, the most popular form of reciprocal trade liberalization in the past 15 years. The discriminatory character of these agreements has raised three main concerns: that trade diversion would be rampant, because special interest groups would induce governments to form the most distortionary agreements; that broader external...

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Freund,Caroline;

Ornelas,Emanuel;
Document Date
2010/05/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5314
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Regional trade agreements
Keywords
external tariff

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Freund,Caroline; Ornelas,Emanuel.

Regional trade agreements (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5314 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/367221468337914543

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