Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?

Regional agreements on standards have been largely ignored by economists and blessed by multilateral trade rules. Using a constructed panel data that identifies the different types of agreements at the industry level, we find that such agreements increase the trade between participating countries bu...

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Main Authors: Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang, Mattoo, Aaditya
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5515