Is Regionalism Simply a Diversion? Evidence from the Evolution of the EC and EFTA

Tamim Bayoumi and Barry Eichengreen

No 1294, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: This paper considers the impact on trade of preferential arrangements in Europe since the 1950s. Using a first difference version of the gravity model, we find that the EEC and EFTA altered the pattern of international trade. We also find evidence of trade diversion in several cases, notably that of the EEC in the 1960s.

Keywords: Customs Unions; Gravity Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-11
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