The trade structure effects of endogenous regional trade agreements

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-298

  Egger, Hartmut ^a,b   Egger, Peter ^a,c   Greenaway, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endogenous treatment effects; Intra industry trade; Regional trade agreements

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL; OECD; REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE RELATIONS;

EID: 39849109203     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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