Do economic integration agreements actually work? Issues in understanding the causes and consequences of the growth of regionalism

World Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-497

  Baier, Scott L ^a   Bergstrand, Jeffrey H ^b   Egger, Peter ^c   McLaughlin, Patrick A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; FREE TRADE; REGIONAL TRADE; REGIONALISM; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE FLOW; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

EID: 41849140847     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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