Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267521 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of African Trade [ISSN:] 2214-8523 [Volume:] 6 [Issue:] 1/2 [Publisher:] Atlantis Press [Place:] Paris [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 81-87
Publisher: 
Atlantis Press, Paris
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the impact of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) on intraregional manufactured exports in Africa. Using data from 1990 to 2015 for 45 African countries, a structural gravity model was estimated using the Poisson pseudo maximum likelihood estimator that controlled for heteroscedasticity and allowed for bilateral zero trade values between trading partners. The study also accounted for multilateral resistance effects, endogeneity of RTAs, and the phased-in impacts of RTAs. On average, a regional trade agreement led to a 72% increase in manufacturing exports between members within 12 years of the ratification of the trade agreement.
Subjects: 
Regional trade integration
intra-Africa trade
structural gravity model
manufacturing
JEL: 
F01
F15
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Document Type: 
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