There is not yet consensus in the trade agreements literature as to whether preferential
liberalization leads to more or less multilateral liberalization. However, research thus far has …

I test the predictions of Bagwell and Staiger's (1999) theory of the effects of preferential
liberalization on import protection imposed against non-member countries. In contrast to the …

The stalling of WTO multilateralism and the proliferation of preferential trade agreements in
recent decades have drawn substantial attention to the impacts of preferential liberalization …

Two of the most important trade policy developments to take place since the 1980s are the
expansion of preferential trade agreements and temporary trade barriers, such as …

Evidence from Mercosur suggests that eliminating duty drawbacks for intra-regional exports
would lead to increased counterlobbying against protection of intermediate products …

The world trading system in its current form aims at reducing multilateral trade barriers
across the board. Indeed, the last successfully concluded multilateral trade negotiations led …

Most countries are members of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). The effect of these
agreements has attracted much interest and raised the question of whether PTAs promote or …

This study provides a quantitative assessment of the implications of preferential trade
liberalization by the North Atlantic economies. Emphasis is placed on the pattern of …

Even the most cursory look at the conduct of trade policy suggests two predominant facts. On
the one hand, countries rarely pursue free trade as a unilateral policy. On the other hand …

In a political-economy setting where tariffs and duty drawbacks are endogenously chosen
through industry lobbying, it is shown that full duty-drawbacks are granted to exporters who …