Endowments, power, and democracy: Political economy of multilateral commitments on trade in services

Martin Roy

No ERSD-2009-07, WTO Staff Working Papers from World Trade Organization (WTO), Economic Research and Statistics Division

Abstract: This paper draws from different approaches within the field of international political economy to try to explain why governments undertook different levels of market access commitments under the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The argument, which is supported by empirical analysis, suggests that democracy, relative power, relative endowments, and the WTO accessions process have a significant impact on multilateral commitments on trade in services.

Keywords: trade in services; GATS; democracy; relative power; endowments; WTO accessions; determinants of cooperation; determinants of international commitments; international negotiations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D72 F13 F5 L8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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