This paper investigates the effects of the formation of free trade agreements (FTAs) on trade disputes. We construct a unique and comprehensive dataset on inter-country trade disputes from 1995 to 2007. The dataset covers 110 countries and 1130 trade disputes. We find that the incidences of trade disputes between two countries are positively associated with economic size, economic growth, and t...

prospective studies of the potential health consequences of trade and investment treaties, such as the trans-pacific partnership, are critical. these studies can make visible to trade policy-makers the potential negative impacts associated to such treaties and can influence the outcomes of such negotiations. however, few researchers have examined retrospectively the consequences of trade agreem...

Problems often arise when partners in regional integration agreements (RIA) have divergent exchange rate policies, as has happened in recent years with the Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur). The January 1999 devaluation of the Brazilian real strained the relationship between Argentina and Brazil, setting off a series of events that included protectionist measures in Argentina, Argentine bu...

There has been a dramatic increase in all forms of international cooperation in science, technology and innovation over the last three decades. This chapter focuses on a specific subset of such cooperative agreements: those that primarily (but not exclusively) involve firms that seek some commercial benefit from the outputs of interfirm collaboration, known as strategic technology partnering (S...

The EU’s common commercial policy is used as an instrument to realize its values in EU trading partners, reflected the inclusion of sustainable trade and development chapters preferential agreements (PTAs). In this paper we ask if including non-trade provisions (NTPs) PTAs has a systematic positive effect on outcomes partner countries. We analyze relationship between bilateral flows, coverage N...

Notwithstanding great progress in scientific and economic understanding of climate change, it has proven difficult to forge international agreements because of free-riding, as seen in the defunct Kyoto Protocol. This study examines the club as a model for international climate policy. Based on economic theory and empirical modeling, it finds that without sanctions against non-participants there...