The gravity model and trade flows: Recent developments in econometric modeling and empirical evidence

M Kabir, R Salim, N Al-Mawali - Economic analysis and policy, 2017 - Elsevier
The existing trade literature on the gravity model is extensive. This paper aims to present a
survey of the current gravity model by taking stock of the existing knowledge on the major …

The economics and politics of preferential trade agreements

L Baccini - Annual Review of Political Science, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The number of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has skyrocketed over the past 20 years.
In addition to reducing barriers at the border, modern PTAs remove many behind-the-border …

On the widely differing effects of free trade agreements: Lessons from twenty years of trade integration

SL Baier, YV Yotov, T Zylkin - Journal of International Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
We develop a novel two stage methodology that allows us to study the empirical
determinants of the ex post effects of past free trade agreements (FTAs) as well as obtain ex …

[HTML][HTML] Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?

C Brandi, J Schwab, A Berger, JF Morin - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are increasing in terms of
their number and variety. The economic effects of these environmental provisions remain …

[HTML][HTML] Bias and consistency in three-way gravity models

M Weidner, T Zylkin - Journal of International Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
We study the incidental parameter problem for the “three-way” Poisson Pseudo-Maximum
Likelihood (“PPML”) estimator recently recommended for identifying the effects of trade …

The design of international trade agreements: Introducing a new dataset

A Dür, L Baccini, M Elsig - The Review of International Organizations, 2014 - Springer
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have been proliferating for the last twenty years. A
large literature has studied various aspects of this phenomenon. Until recently, however …

Economic integration agreements, border effects, and distance elasticities in the gravity equation

JH Bergstrand, M Larch, YV Yotov - European Economic Review, 2015 - Elsevier
Using a novel common econometric specification, we examine the measurement of three
important effects in international trade that historically have been addressed largely …

Trade creation and trade diversion in deep agreements

A Mattoo, A Mulabdic, M Ruta - Canadian Journal of Economics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Preferential trade agreements have boomed in recent years and extended their reach well
beyond tariff reduction, to cover policy areas such as investment, services, competition and …

Preferential trade agreements

N Limão - Handbook of commercial policy, 2016 - Elsevier
A large and growing number of countries participate in multiple preferential trade
agreements (PTAs), which increasingly entail broad cooperation over policies extending far …

Do trade agreements stimulate international trade differently? Evidence from 296 trade agreements

T Kohl, S Brakman, H Garretsen - The World Economy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In a seminal article, Rose (2004) found that the assumed positive impact of the WTO on
international trade was questionable. This finding has been scrutinised and modified in …