Working Paper

Trade Agreements

Carsten Kowalczyk, Raymond Riezman
CESifo, Munich, 2009

CESifo Working Paper No. 2660

This paper reviews the most significant recent developments in the theory of trade agreements. The paper offers an integrated approach to evaluating trade agreements, and uses the approach to present results on preferential and multilateral trade agreements. The paper identifies also several questions for further research.

CESifo Category
Trade Policy

Keywords: trade agreements, multilateralism, free trade, customs unions, free trade areas, preferential trade

JEL Classification: F000,F020,F100,F110,F130,F150