Size of Regional Trade Agreements and Regional Trade Bias
8 Pages Posted: 24 Jan 2007
Date Written: January 2007
Abstract
We test the relationship between size of regional trade agreement (RTA) and regional trade bias using a gravity equation on a large sample of 143 countries for the period 1980-2003. We find that regional trade bias declines with the size of the club and that three of the four expanding RTAs have already surpassed their 'optimal' sizes. There is no evidence that RTAs have set protection levels against outsiders non-cooperatively.
Keywords: RTA, regional trade bias, trade flows
JEL Classification: F13
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Fratianni, Michele and Oh, Chang Hoon, Size of Regional Trade Agreements and Regional Trade Bias (January 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=959178 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.959178
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