Does It Matter Who You Sign With? Comparing the Impacts of North-South and South-South Trade Agreements on Bilateral Trade

Free trade agreements lead to a rise in bilateral trade regardless of whether the signatories are developed or developing countries. Furthermore, the percentage increase in bilateral trade is higher for South-South agreements than for North-South a...

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Main Authors:	Behar, Alberto, Cirera i Criville, Laia
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE AGGREGATE TRADE AGRICULTURE BARRIERS TO IMPORTS BILATERAL TRADE BLOC TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CHANGES IN TRADE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMON MARKET COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION FRAMEWORK COMPETITION POLICY CONSUMERS COST REDUCTIONS COUNTRY DUMMIES CURRENCY CURRENCY UNION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION CUSTOMS UNIONS DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIC SIZE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EUROPEAN UNION EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES EXCHANGE RATES EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TARIFFS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS FREE TRADE AREA FREE TRADE AREAS FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION FREE TRADE ZONES FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL TRADE GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS HARMONIZATION IMPACT OF TRADE INEQUALITY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTERNAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LIBERALIZATIONS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET ACCESS MATURE MARKETS MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION MULTIPLIERS NATIONAL INCOME OPPORTUNITY COST OUTPUT PARTICULAR COUNTRIES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POTENTIAL BENEFITS PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTS PROTECTIONIST REAL GDP RED TAPE REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS REGIONALISM REGIONALIZATION RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN SIGNATORY COUNTRIES TARIFF SCHEDULES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE BARRIER TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CONCESSIONS TRADE COSTS TRADE CREATION TRADE DIVERSION TRADE EFFECTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MORE TRADE PARTNERS TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY REFORMS TRADE VOLUME TRADE VOLUMES TRADING BLOCS TRADING SYSTEM TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORT COSTS UTILITY FUNCTION VOLUME OF TRADE WELFARE GAINS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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