Interdependent preferential trade agreement memberships: An empirical analysis

Egger, Peter; Larch, Mario

doi:10.1016/j.jinteco.2008.08.003

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“…The five-year cut-off point is also consistent with the operationalization used by Egger and Larch (2008) in explaining the proliferation of PTAs. Our results are not sensitive to a five-year cut-off point threshold: we obtain similar results changing this value to three or seven years.…”

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Global Energy Governance: Trade, Infrastructure, and the Diffusion of International Organizations

Baccini

Lenzi

Thurner

2013

International Interactions

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confidence: 75%

Global Energy Governance: Trade, Infrastructure, and the Diffusion of International Organizations

Baccini

Lenzi

Thurner

2013

International Interactions

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“…For example, Elkins, Guzman and Simmons (2006) show that developing countries are more likely to sign a BIT if competing jurisdictions have already done so. Likewise, Egger and Larch (2006) observe that countries are more likely to join a PTA if neighboring countries are members as well. Blonigen et al (2005) note that these spatial interdependencies are also evident in FDI decisions, although their magnitude varies with the sample of countries studied.…”

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A BIT Is Better Than a Lot: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Preferential Trade Agreements

Tobin¹,

Busch²

2009

World Pol.

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The landscape of the global economy is dotted with institutions that regulate investment and trade. In recent years, the number of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and preferential trade agreements (PTAs), in particular, has grown at a torrid pace; practically every country is a member of at least one—if not many—of these institutions. For all the scholarly attention that these institutions have received, however, there is little research tying BITs and PTAs together. This is surprising, since both aim to increase commerce by making it more predictable. The authors seek to fill this gap in the literature. They argue that a BIT between a developed and a developing country should make it more likely that this pair of states will subsequently form a PTA. That said, the wrinkle in the story is that more is not better in this regard; the authors further argue that a developing country that has many BITs is less likely to conclude a PTA with a wealthy state. The authors test these hypotheses using annual data on pairs of developing and developed countries between 1960 and 2004 and find strong evidence in support of their argument.

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“…Elkins et al (2004) argue that the diffusion of Bilateral Investments Treaties (BIT) is driven by international competition for FDI among potential host countries, then the likelihood of sign a BIT increase with the number of competing countries that have done so. Gassebner et al (2008) examines if country's economic reforms are affected by the reforms adopted in the rest of the world.…”

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Are Free Trade Agreements contagious?

Baldwin

Jaimovich

2012

Journal of International Economics

197

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This paper presents empirical evidence on the extent to which FTAs are "contagious", using empirical techniques inspired by the study of contagion in exchange rate crises. Using different econometric techniques, it tests the null hypothesis that the signing of an FTA between one nation's trade partners has no affect on the probability of the nation signing a new FTA. The hypothesis is tested against other political, economical and geographical determinants of the FTA formation previously stated in the literature, finding evidence that the contagion phenomenon is present in different specifications and samples.

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Interdependent preferential trade agreement memberships: An empirical analysis

Cited by 369 publications

References 23 publications

Global Energy Governance: Trade, Infrastructure, and the Diffusion of International Organizations

Global Energy Governance: Trade, Infrastructure, and the Diffusion of International Organizations

A BIT Is Better Than a Lot: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Preferential Trade Agreements

Are Free Trade Agreements contagious?

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