{"product_id":"trade-blocs-economics-and-politics-paperback-9780521158114","title":"Trade Blocs; Economics and Politics (Paperback) 9780521158114","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTrade Blocs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEconomics and Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA 2005 investigation of the economics and politics of preferential trade agreements in the multilateral trade system.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePravin Krishna (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521158114, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 August 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.29 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDespite the successes achieved in liberalizing trade by multilateral trade negotiations sponsored by the World Trade Organization (WTO), numerous countries have separately negotiated preferential trade treaties with one another. Representing a significant departure from the WTO's central principle of non-discrimination among member countries, preferential trade blocs are the subject of an intense academic and policy debate. The first section of this 2005 book presents a rudimentary and intuitive introduction to the economics of preferential trade agreements. The following chapters present the author's theoretical and empirical research on a number of questions surrounding the issue of preferential trade agreements including the design of necessarily welfare-improving trade blocs, the quantitative (econometric) evaluation of the economic (welfare) impact of preferential trade liberalization, and the impact of preferential trade agreements and the multilateral trade system.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction and overview: 1.1 Research objectives\u003cbr\u003e 1.2 Outline\u003cbr\u003e 2. The economics of preferential trade areas: 2.1 Trade creation and trade diversion\u003cbr\u003e 2.2 Revenue transfer effects\u003cbr\u003e 3. Necessarily welfare improving preferential trade areas: 3.1 Customs unions\u003cbr\u003e 3.2 Non-economic objectives\u003cbr\u003e 3.3 Free trade areas\u003cbr\u003e 3.4 Implementation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Geography and natural trading partners: 4.1 Modeling preferential trade liberalization: theory\u003cbr\u003e 4.2 Modeling preferential trade liberalization: econometrics\u003cbr\u003e 4.3 Data and estimation results\u003cbr\u003e 5. Preferential trade agreements and multilateralism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International economic \u0026amp; trade law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International economic \u0026amp; trade law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20economic%20\u0026amp;%20trade%20law%20%5BLBBM%5D%22\"\u003eLBBM\u003c\/a\u003e], Finance \u0026amp; accounting [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Finance \u0026amp; accounting\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Finance%20\u0026amp;%20accounting%20%5BKF%5D%22\"\u003eKF\u003c\/a\u003e], Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006732718360,"sku":"9780521158114","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521158114i_4e511557-3ae7-499d-b1dd-b0207a769e32.jpg?v=1691372805","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/trade-blocs-economics-and-politics-paperback-9780521158114","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}