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The recent proliferation of regional trade agreements (RTAs) has intensified the debate on
their merits. This study contributes to this debate by analyzing trade creation and diversion …

This paper estimates gravity equations for bilateral services trade in a sample of 28
countries. It finds that the standard gravity variables of economic size and geographic …

The proliferation of regional trade agreements in recent years has intensified the debate on
the desirability of these agreements in themselves and their coexistence with multilateral …

This paper provides an in-depth examination of the trade effects of three regional trade
agreements (RTAs)–the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), the Common Market for …

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the Asia-Pacific region have proliferated rapidly
over the past five years and are creating a complex web of intersecting bilateral and regional …

Regionalism has existed for so many years in various parts of the world, but it has never
risen as rapidly as it had in the last decade. Presently, practically all countries are members …

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Not only has the number of RTAs increased over time, but so also has the complexity of
issues surrounding their formation, as well as the metrics used to assess them. Despite …

This research aims to find the determining factors of Nicaraguan agricultural exports. To
carry out this study, the author formulated a Gravity Model of Trade (GMT) and then made an …