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PRESENTATION ARCHIVES
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  N° 109  
Issue 1 2007  
The New Regionalism: Causes and Consequences  
Scott L. Baier
Jeffrey H. Bergstrand
Peter Egger
 

We address three themes on the New Regionalism.  First, the prominent analogy to a “spaghetti bowl” of economic integration agreements (EIAs) should be replaced by reference to a « market » for EIAs.  We suggest a systematic economic framework for analyzing « competitive liberalization » of governments in a static, long-run context.  Second, we address why ex post measurements of the average (treatment) effects of EIAs on trade seem so « small ».  Third, after addressing evidence for long-run determinants of competitive liberalization, we discuss how one might conceptualize the process by which governments select into EIAs over time, that is, the growth of regionalism.

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Trade; Gravity Equation; Free Trade Agreements Keywords
F10; F13; F15 JEL classification
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