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GRAVITY, BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, AND TRADE DIVERSION IN THE AMERICAS

Raymond Robertson & Antoni Estevadeordal

Latin American Journal of Economics2009https://doi.org/10.4067/s0717-68212009000100001article
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shows that a bilateral agreement between two countries render a multilateral agreement less attractive if the bilateral agreement is trade diverting. This paper combines Krishna's model with the empirical approach of Anderson and van We apply this measure to new asymmetric, time-varying Latin American trade and tariff data using Anderson and van The results show an increase in trade diversion as sub-regional trade agreements proliferated and enthusiasm for the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas declined.

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@article{raymond2009,
  title        = {{GRAVITY, BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, AND TRADE DIVERSION IN THE AMERICAS}},
  author       = {Raymond Robertson & Antoni Estevadeordal},
  journal      = {Latin American Journal of Economics},
  year         = {2009},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4067/s0717-68212009000100001},
}

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0.51

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.41 × 0.4 = 0.16
M · momentum0.80 × 0.15 = 0.12
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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