Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/203926
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
wiiw Working Paper No. 61
Publisher: 
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna
Abstract: 
In this paper we examine the impact of membership in Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) on trade between PTA members. Rather than considering the impact of PTA membership on the volume of trade we consider the impact of membership on the structure of trade. For a large sample of countries over the period 1962-2000 we find that membership in a PTA is associated with an increase in the extent of intra-industry trade. In addition, we find that the effect of PTA membership on IIT is larger when a PTA is formed between two developed countries.
Subjects: 
Preferential Trade Agreements
intra-industry trade
gravity equation
JEL: 
F10
F15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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