welfare impact are determined by international and regional negotiation costs, bargaining power, accession rule, and intra …Due to low bargaining power and scarce resources, small developing states face severe disadvantages in international …-bloc migration. The main findings are: (i) bloc formation likelihood, size, and benefit increase with international negotiation costs …

the span between the start of trade talks and their conclusion. We use data from 88 regional trade agreements between 1988 …The Doha multilateral round of trade negotiations sponsored by the WTO has been dragging on for over a decade, with no … end in sight. In this short paper we assess empirically what determines the duration of trade negotiations, focusing on …