The WTO has delivered policy outcomes that are very different from those likely to emerge
out of the recent wave of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Should economists see this …

This paper develops a three-country model of intra-industry trade under imperfect
competition with trade costs between countries to examine the effects of a free trade …

In a three-country model of endogenous free trade agreements (FTAs), we study the effects
of requiring FTA members to eliminate tariffs on one another, as is essentially stipulated …

We study how countries choose intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins in Preferential
Trade Agreements (PTAs). Our model indicates that countries should set systematically …

We investigate the effects of free trade agreements (FTAs) on tariffs of nonmember countries.
In our multi-country model, the formation of an FTA leads members to reduce their exports to …

We study the effects of countries' import composition on multilateral liberalization using a
global tariff database that covers the 2000–2011 period. Employing a theoretically motivated …

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 …

In this paper we analyze the effect of the freedom to pursue preferential trade liberalization,
permitted by Article XXIV of the GATT, on country׳ s incentives to participate in multilateral …

If a free trade agreement (FTA) is characterized by the exchange of market access with a
large and competitive trading partner, the agreement can cause a leakage of protectionist …

This paper provides evidence that the reduction in applied most-favoured nation (MFN)
tariffs resulting from a decrease in preferential tariffs is restricted to (or significantly larger in) …