the gains of economic integration: substantive evidence for an australia-korea free trade agreement

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tran van hoa

چکیده

abstract on 6 december 2006, australia and korea announced a joint study on a possible australia-korea free trade agreement (akfta) to promote trade and economic relations between the two countries. the paper provides empirical evidence on the possible gains and their transmission mechanism from this agreement. significantly, it uses a new economic policy modelling approach, the endogenous gravity theory (tran van hoa, 2004) to provide credible and substantive causal findings and subsequent forecasts, as distinct from geopolitical economy arguments and scenarios, to evaluate the possible gains of the akfta to inform discussion and policy advice.

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عنوان ژورنال:
iranian journal of economic studies

ناشر: shiraz university

ISSN 2322-1402

دوره 1

شماره 1 2012

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