The customs union issue: Why do we observe so few of them?
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The customs union issue : Why do we observe so few of them ? ☆
a r t i c l e i n f o The number of preferential trade agreements has greatly increased over the past two decades, yet most existing arrangements take the form of free trade areas, and less than 10% can be considered to be fully fledged customs unions. This paper develops a political economy model of trade policy under imperfect competition to provide a positive explanation for the prevalence o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of International Economics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0022-1996
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2012.09.004