{"product_id":"trade-blocs-economics-and-politics-paperback","title":"Trade Blocs: Economics and Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePravin Krishna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the successes achieved in liberalizing trade by multilateral trade negotiations sponsored by the World Trade Organization (WTO), numerous countries have separately negotiated preferential trade treaties with one another. Representing a significant departure from the WTO's central principle of non-discrimination among member countries, preferential trade blocs are the subject of an intense academic and policy debate. The first section of this 2005 book presents a rudimentary and intuitive introduction to the economics of preferential trade agreements. The following chapters present the author's theoretical and empirical research on a number of questions surrounding the issue of preferential trade agreements including the design of necessarily welfare-improving trade blocs, the quantitative (econometric) evaluation of the economic (welfare) impact of preferential trade liberalization, and the impact of preferential trade agreements and the multilateral trade system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45605060837420,"sku":"9780521158114","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/trade-blocs-economics-and-politics-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}