deepens the analysis by Lee et al. (2015) by investigating the effect of the duration of WTO membership on the amounts of AfT … the time spent by a country in the organization. The main argument in this analysis is that the duration of WTO membership … international trade. Additionally, the effect of the duration of WTO membership on total AfT flows depends on donor …

moments estimator, utilized for robustness check. Results have shown that the effect of the duration of WTO membership on …

extends this analysis by investigating the effect of the duration of WTO membership (and not the mere membership in the WTO … further participate in international trade. Additionally, the effect of the duration of WTO membership on total AfT flows …) on the amounts of AfT flows that accrue to recipient countries. The main argument in the analysis is that the duration of …

exists a non-linear positive effect of the duration of WTO membership on the utilization of both GSP programs and other trade …