Commitment behaviour in the World Trade Organization's Trade Facilitation Agreement
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We use a new database of commitments made during the process ratifying Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) to study variation in countries’ commitment behaviour. The TFA is novel World Organization agreement because it allows developing countries select from menu best practices trade facilitation, rather than consent, or not, comprehensive package negotiated commitments. operation this á la carte approach concluding agreements worthy its own right, but data also offer high-level description progress an international effort improve border management procedures around globe. Our uses on describe across subcomponents agreement. A regression model shows that number Type facilitation country ratification depends level development, population size, ability control corruption and foreign aid received support facilitation. multidimensional scaling techniques differences content national bundles. This demonstrates closely tied made.
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عنوان ژورنال: The World Economy
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1467-9701', '0378-5920']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13165