"There has been an explosion in the number of preferential trade agreements in the past decade. Preferential trade agreements are characterized by liberalization with respect to only a few partners and thus they can potentially clash with and retard multilateral trade liberalization. Despite...

In this paper, we examine trade policy determinants and trade reform in a developing country setting by using a political economy model. The government determines tariffs by balancing the political support from producers versus consumers, while placing a higher political weight on producers'...

There has been an explosion in the number of preferential trade agreements in the past decade. Preferential trade agreements are characterized by liberalization with respect to only a few partners and thus they can potentially clash with and retard multilateral trade liberalization. Despite this...