This chapter reviews the literature on the enforcement and dispute settlement of international trade agreements. It organizes the review of theoretical developments according to the following questions, of which relevant studies provide new insights: How can governments enforce trade agreements...

We nest an extended two-way fixed effect (ETWFE) estimator for staggered difference-in-differences within the structural gravity model. To test the ETWFE, we estimate the effects of regional trade agreements (RTAs). The results suggest that RTA estimates in the current gravity literature may be...

Part I. The Philosophy, Politics and Ethics of Free Trade -- Chapter 1. Adam Smith’s Moral Sentiments, Society, and Free Trade (Vernon Smith ) -- Chapter 2. Reflections from the Inside Out: What Libertopia tell us about the Nature of Markets in Trade (Tim Evans) -- Chapter 3. The Foundations...

Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...