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Author:   Andreas Dür (Universität Salzburg) ,  Manfred Elsig (Universität Bern, Switzerland)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.960kg
ISBN:  

9781107444676

ISBN 10:   1107444675
Pages:   626
Publication Date:   14 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction: the purpose, design and effects of preferential trade agreements Andreas Dür and Manfred Elsig; Part I. Why Do Countries Sign PTAs?: 2. Technology, politics and economic exchanges: historical patterns in international economic agreements Moonhawk Kim; 3. The political economy of preferential trade agreements Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. Milner; 4. Weak governments and preferential trade agreements Jean-Louis Arcand, Marcelo Olarreaga and Laura Zoratto; 5. Natural trading partners? A public opinion perspective on preferential trade agreements Víctor Umaña, Thomas Bernauer and Gabriele Spilker; 6. Regionalisation in search of regionalism: production networks and deep integration commitments in Asia's PTAs Soo Yeon Kim; Part II. The Design of PTAs: 7. Imitation and innovation in international governance: the diffusion of trade agreement design Leonardo Baccini, Andreas Dür and Yoram Z. Haftel; 8. PTA design, tariffs, and intra-industry trade Mark Manger; 9. PTAs and audiovisual services Kerry A. Chase; 10. Competition policy and free trade: antitrust provisions in PTAs Anu Bradford and Tim Büthe; 11. PTAs and public procurement Stephanie J. Rickard; 12. Trade agreements, violent conflict and security Yoram Z. Haftel; 13. Dispute settlement provisions in PTAs: new data and new concepts Todd Allee and Manfred Elsig; Part III. The Effects of PTAs: 14. Preliminary examination of heterogeneous effects on international trade of economic integration agreements Scott L. Baier, Jeffrey H. Bergstrand and Matthew W. Clance; 15. Effects of deep versus shallow trade agreements in general equilibrium Peter Egger and Sergey Nigai; 16. Revisiting the trade effects of services agreements Anirudh Shingal; 17. Trade agreements as protection from risk Jeffrey Kucik; 18. What do we know about preferential trade agreements and temporary trade barriers? Chad P. Bown, Baybars Karacaovali and Patricia Tovar; Part IV. PTAs and the Multilateral Trading System: 19. The dialectical relationship of preferential and multilateral trade agreements Thomas Cottier, Charlotte Sieber-Gasser and Gabriela Wermelinger; 20. Forget about the WTO: the network of relations between PTAs and 'double PTAs' Joost Pauwelyn and Wolfgang Alschner; 21. Plurilateral agreements, variable geometry and the WTO Bernard Hoekman; 22. Referring PTA disputes to the WTO dispute settlement system James Flett.

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Andreas Dür is Professor of International Politics at Universität Salzburg. His research interests include trade policy, international institutions and interest group politics. Manfred Elsig is Associate Professor of International Relations and Deputy Managing Director of the World Trade Institute, Universität Bern, Switzerland. He is also the Director of the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) on Trade Regulation.

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