Interdependent preferential trade agreement memberships: An empirical analysis

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 384-399

  Egger, Peter ^a,b,c,d   Larch, Mario ^a,b  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C11; C15; C25; F15; Preferential trade agreements; Probit model; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE RELATIONS;

EID: 56449102451     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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