Regional Trade Agreements:: Do Trade Patterns Matter for Growth? - Couverture souple

Banda, Masiku Tepa

 
9783848416851: Regional Trade Agreements:: Do Trade Patterns Matter for Growth?
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3848416859 ISBN 13 : 9783848416851
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

It is widely held that trade positively affects the growth of nations. Several institutions exist to deal with trade between nations. Of such institutions, regional trade agreements (RTAs) have witnessed the most dramatic increase since the early 1990s. Governments have been relentless in entering into RTAs; some belong to two or more. The amount of resources spent creating and managing these RTAs is substantial, which begs the question: “Do the benefits of intraregional trade justify its preferential advancement over extra-regional trade?” This book attempts to shed light on this question. Rather than a general analysis of the pros and cons of RTAs, an approach most prevalent in literature, this book looks at the economic argument of favoring intraregional trade in RTAs. It analyzes the impact on growth of the two trade patterns using a fixed effects regression model, which treats the sample countries as a group, while recognizing the unobserved time invariant factors in each country that may influence growth. The analysis should help shed light on the efficacy of advancing RTAs and should be useful to students of trade and growth, policy analysts and policy makers.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

It is widely held that trade positively affects the growth of nations. Several institutions exist to deal with trade between nations. Of such institutions, regional trade agreements (RTAs) have witnessed the most dramatic increase since the early 1990s. Governments have been relentless in entering into RTAs; some belong to two or more. The amount of resources spent creating and managing these RTAs is substantial, which begs the question: “Do the benefits of intraregional trade justify its preferential advancement over extra-regional trade?” This book attempts to shed light on this question. Rather than a general analysis of the pros and cons of RTAs, an approach most prevalent in literature, this book looks at the economic argument of favoring intraregional trade in RTAs. It analyzes the impact on growth of the two trade patterns using a fixed effects regression model, which treats the sample countries as a group, while recognizing the unobserved time invariant factors in each country that may influence growth. The analysis should help shed light on the efficacy of advancing RTAs and should be useful to students of trade and growth, policy analysts and policy makers.

Biographie de l'auteur

Masiku Tepa Banda, M.A.: Senior associate consultant at Economics & Planning Systems, Inc. Studied Agric. Economics at University of Zambia and graduate Economics at California State University, Sacramento. He was nominated to the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi in recognition of his academic excellence.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3848416859
ISBN 13 
9783848416851
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
52
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