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Free‐Trade Areas and Welfare: An Equilibrium Analysis

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This paper examines the welfare effects of the formation of a free‐trade area. When a country is constrained to charge lower tariffs on imports from some countries, it is in its interest to reduce external tariffs as well. In alinear‐quadratic model of intraindustry trade, the reduction in external tariffs induced by free‐trade agreements is sufficiently large to make nonmember countries better off. Since only privately beneficial free‐trade agreements are signed voluntarily, the formation of a free‐trade area is a Pareto improvement. Owing to free‐riding problems, however, the global free‐trade area may not be a stable outcome.

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  • Sang‐Seung Yi, 2000. "Free‐Trade Areas and Welfare: An Equilibrium Analysis," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 8(2), pages 336-347, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:reviec:v:8:y:2000:i:2:p:336-347
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9396.00225
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    1. Yanase, Akihiko & Tsubuku, Masafumi, 2022. "Trade costs and free trade agreements: Implications for tariff complementarity and welfare," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 23-37.
    2. Akihiko Yanase & Hiroshi Kurata, 2022. "Domestic product standards, harmonization, and free trade agreements," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 158(3), pages 855-885, August.
    3. Smita Nath, 2013. "Free Trade Zones and Outstanding Debt," Foreign Trade Review, , vol. 48(2), pages 203-218, May.
    4. Ornelas, Emanuel, 2012. "Preferential trade agreements and the labor market," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121752, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    5. Yasushi Kawabata, 2024. "Industrial Policy and Regional Trade Agreements," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 1-27, December.
    6. Chang, Winston W. & Chen, Tai-Liang & Saito, Tetsuya, 2021. "Formation of symmetric free-trade blocs, optimal tariff structure, and world welfare," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).

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