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Assessing the Promise of a Preferential Trade Agreement

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This chapter intends to contribute to the methodology of assessing exante the potential for welfare expansion of a contemplated preferential trade agreement (PTA): to analyze salient issues involved in such assessment; and, in view of this analysis, to clarify the meaning of some conventional yardsticks used for the purpose, or suggest several new tools.

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  1. Michael Michaely
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

    Deepak Lal (James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies) (James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies)

  2. Australian Productivity Commission, Melbourne, Australia

    Richard H. Snape (Deputy Chairman, Emeritus Professor) (Deputy Chairman, Emeritus Professor)

  3. Monash University, Australia

    Richard H. Snape (Deputy Chairman, Emeritus Professor) (Deputy Chairman, Emeritus Professor)

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Michaely, M. (2001). Assessing the Promise of a Preferential Trade Agreement. In: Lal, D., Snape, R.H. (eds) Trade, Development and Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523685_7

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