The Trade Effects of a South Asian Customs Union. An Expository Study

M. Akhlaqur Rahman, :ayubur Bhuyan and Sadrel Reza
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M. Akhlaqur Rahman: Jahangir Nagar University,
:ayubur Bhuyan: University of Dacca.
Sadrel Reza: University of Dacca.

The Pakistan Development Review, 1981, vol. 20, issue 1, 61-80

Abstract: The paper estimates the static trade effects of a customs union comprising Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Although these effects are found to vary between countries, for the region as a whole the trade-creation effects appear to be greater than the trade-diversion effects. Despite their smallness, the direction of the change indicated by the static results seems encouraging to possible attempts at the formation of a customs union among South Asian countries.

Date: 1981
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