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| Author: | Foroutan, F. |
| Title: | Does membership in a regional preferential trade arrangement make a country more or less protectionist? |
| Journal: | World Economy
1998 : MAY, VOL. 21:3, p. 305-335 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMIC CONDITIONS TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE BARRIERS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The objective of this paper is to explore whether there exists a systematic relationship between a developing country's participation in an effective preferential regional trade agreement (RTA) and the restrictiveness of its trade. The motivation for this study derives from the current debate on (a) whether or not regional trading blocs are a stepping stone towards a more liberal global trading system and (b) whether or not there has been a change over time in the characteristics of such blocs whereby the "new" blocs differ meaningfully from the "old" ones in this specific respect. |
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