A concern about regional trade arrangements (RTAs) is whether the discriminatory trade barriers applied to RTAs encourage high-cost imports from member countries at the expense of nonmember lower-cost goods. RTA impact evaluations have been hampered by a lack of appropriate empirical procedures for assessing their influence on trade level and direction. The author employs a new index for analyzing the static trade effects of an RTA. He examines export...
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INFORMACIÓN
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1997/02/28
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS1729
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Does Mercosur's trade performance raise concerns about the effects of regional trade arrangements?
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adverse effects