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Do Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Agreements Increase Trade? A Panel Data Analysis

We use panel data consisting of 96 countries and covering the period 1960–2000 to investigate the effects of free trade agreements (FTAs) and hub-and-spoke systems of FTAs on exports. Our empirical results imply an annual growth rate of 5.57% in exports, leading to a doubling of exports after 12.4 years, between FTA partners. Non-overlapping FTAs account for 4.12%, while hub-and-spoke FTAs account for 1.45% of the estimated export growth rate. This indicates that in addition to the direct trade liberalizing effect of FTAs, the hub-and-spoke nature of FTAs has an additional positive effect on trade.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration ; No. 46

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economic Integration
Thema
free trade agreement
hub and spoke
world bilateral trade data
panel data analysis
fixed effect
average treatment effect

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Alba, Joseph
Hur, Jung
Park, Donghyun
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
(wo)
Manila
(wann)
2010

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Alba, Joseph
  • Hur, Jung
  • Park, Donghyun
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Entstanden

  • 2010

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