Do Free Trade Agreements Affect Tariffs of Nonmember Countries? A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation [chapter]

Kamal Saggi, Andrey Stoyanov, Halis Murat Yildiz
2018 World Scientific Studies in International Economics  
Results with import share weights from the ...rst year of the sample. In this section we show results with import shares from the ...rst year of the sample used as weights in construction of the explanatory variables. This approach alleviates simultaneity of import shares and changes in MFN tari¤s is to use, although may not resolve the problem completely, especially if import shares respond to FTA formation
doi:10.1142/9789813233058_0011 fatcat:ygd2rifvl5cg7owyvvlsdxh3fy