Free Trade Agreements In the Americas: Are the trade effects larger than anticipated?

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1347-1377

  Baier, Scott L ^a   Bergstrand, Jeffrey H ^b   Vidal, Erika ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREE TRADE; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548077559     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01047.x     Document Type: Article

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