Effects of Free Trade Areas in Trade Promotion: Gravity Model Approach

• Main Author: LIM, Mona Jit Mui
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: free trade agreement; NAFTA; ASEAN; EU; trade creation; asymmetry; Economic Policy; International Economics; International Trade Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/74; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=etd_coll
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Since the early 1990s, the world has seen a proliferation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). One of the key objectives of FTAs is to expand trade between or amongst its signatories. This study explores the intra-FTA and extra-FTA trade expansion capability of 3 types of FTA: North-North FTA (European...