Geopolitical Interests and Preferential Access to U.S. Markets

The United States imports around 25 percent of its merchandise under some form of preferential trade regime. The authors examine both the origins and consequences of U.S. trade preferences in the context of the gravity model of international trade. First, they provide estimates of the impact of pref...

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Main Authors: Lederman, Daniel, Özden, Çaglar
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/03/5637037/geopolitical-interests-preferential-access-markets
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8858