Does Trade Creation Measure Up? A Reexamination of the Effects of Regional Trading Arrangements
Posted: 18 Sep 2013
Date Written: September 16, 2003
Abstract
This paper constructs new measures of regional trading arrangement (RTA) membership based on the degree of integration and implementation. We find that RTAs create intra-bloc trade regardless of their type and that more integrated RTAs generate greater total trade creation.
Keywords: Regional trading arrangements, Gravity model
JEL Classification: F10, F15
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Yamarik, Steven and Ghosh, Sucharita, Does Trade Creation Measure Up? A Reexamination of the Effects of Regional Trading Arrangements (September 16, 2003). Economics Letters, Vol. 82, No. 2, 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2326601
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