Do regional trade agreements increase members' agricultural trade?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 765-782

  Lambert, Dyaton M ^b   Grant, Jason H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural trade; First differenced panel; Gravity equation; Phase in; Regional Trade Agreement; WTO

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; MODELING; REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE FLOW; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 45449116726     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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