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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | The trade structure effects of endogenous regional trade agreements |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Journal of International Economics |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0022-1996 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Number | 2 |
| Page Range | 278 - 298 |
| Date | 2008 |
| Abstract Text | This paper formulates an empirical model to estimate the impact of endogenous new regional trade agreement (RTA) membership on trade structure. The likelihood of new RTA membership is influenced by economic fundamentals such as country size, factor endowments, and trade and investment costs. In a sample of country-pairs covering mainly the OECD economies we find a particularly strong effect of endogenous RTAs on intra-industry trade in a difference-in-difference analysis based on matching techniques. The associated trade volume effects are similar to the ones found in previous research on the effects of endogenous RTAs. Overall, this indicates that RTA membership might reduce inter-industry trade not only in relative but also in absolute terms and that the trade volume effect is due to the associated growth in trade within industries. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.06.004 |
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