This article reviews the theoretical and the empirical literature on regionalism. The formation
of regional trade agreements has been, by far, the most popular form of reciprocal trade …

Preferential trade arrangements, and especially free trade agreements, have mushroomed
in importance in the 1990s. This has revived research on the effects of these arrangements …

Praised for its authoritative coverage, Global Political Economy places the study of IPE in
broad theoretical context and has been updated to cover the rise of populism, Brexit, the …

Preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) play an increasingly prominent role in the global
political economy, two notable examples being the European Union and the North American …

Preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) have spread widely over the past fifty years.
During the same era, multilateral openness has grown to unprecedented heights, spurred by …

There is no lack of good international economics textbooks ranging from the elementary to
the advanced, so that an additional drop in this ocean calls for an explanation. In the present …

The best kind of economic theory has almost always reŊected policy concerns, while
informing policy in turn. This is particularly so when it comes to the theory of international …

Since the early 1990s the world has seen an explosion of preferential trade agreements
(PTAs) between North and South. Mark Manger argues that current North-South PTAs are …

In this article I analyze whether trade liberalization contributes to per capita income
convergence across countries. The analysis focuses on four post-1945 multilateral trade …

Abstract The Asia-Pacific region is home to a large and rapidly growing number of
preferential trade agreements (PTAs). These agreements differ widely in design, scope and …