Which International Institutions Promote International Trade? |
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Authors: | Andrew Rose |
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Institution: | Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1900, USA. E-mail: . |
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Abstract: | This paper estimates the effect on international trade of three multilateral organizations intended to increase trade: (1) the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); (2) the International Monetary Fund (IMF); and (3) the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) and its predecessor the Organisation for European Economic Co‐operation (OEEC). I use a standard “gravity” model of bilateral merchandise trade and a large panel dataset covering over 50 years and 175 countries. My results indicate that OECD membership has had a consistently large positive effect on trade, while accession to the GATT/WTO also increases trade. |
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