Preferential Trade Agreements and Their Role in World Trade

The author investigates the effects of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on bilateral trade flows using a comprehensive database of PTAs in force and a detailed matrix of world trade. He shows that total trade between PTA partners is a poor proxy for preferential trade (trade in tariff lines wher...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Medvedev, Denis
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
MFN
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7129768/preferential-trade-agreements-role-world-trade
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9012