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The trade creation effects of Africa’s reciprocal vis-à-vis non-reciprocal trade agreements

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posted on 2020-12-01, 00:00 authored by Samuel Admassu
The advancement of growth through the promotion of exports by granting developing countries preferential terms to rich markets is considered central in global trade policy negotiations. This paper investigates the impact of reciprocal versus non-reciprocal trade agreements on Africa’s trade. The study uses a gravity model with a 5-year-interval comprehensive dataset of 148 countries for the period 1970–2010. The results reveal that African reciprocal trade agreements perform better than non-reciprocal agreements in promoting exports and imports.

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Journal

Empirical economics

Volume

59

Pagination

2717-2730

Location

Berlin, Germany

ISSN

0377-7332

eISSN

1435-8921

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal, C Journal article

Copyright notice

2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature

Publisher

Springer Verlag

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