Page 59 |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 59 of 229 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large (1000x1000 max)
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
50
theory. In addition, it may be useful to investigate how economic integration
contributes to the resiliency of separatist movements, especially those in Europe
(Belgium, Spain, and the United Kingdom) where economic integration is the most
advanced. Alternatively, the situation in Canada with respect to Quebec appears to
have abated.
The Velvet Revolution separating the Czech and Slovak Republics offers
anecdotal evidence supporting the possibility that economic integration may reduce
the value of maintaining larger states. The disintegrations of the Yugoslav and the
Soviet federations can be interpreted to offer additional evidence of this effect, albeit
with more significant ethnic and political components. In the case of Yugoslavia, it
is reasonable to assert that an expectation existed that many of the newly
independent republics would seek stronger relations with Western Europe
economically through the EC/EU and militarily through the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO). The obvious exception is Serbia, which allied with Russian
rather than Western Europe. The formation of the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS) emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union as newly independent
former Soviet republics agreed to cooperate not only on economic matters but
defense and foreign policy as well.
The empirical component of this analysis accounts for considerable political
disintegration during the time period under investigation. Failed political integration
schemes seem to have inspired faster adoption of economic integration schemes to
address security concerns but also to address economic concerns including
Object Description
| Title | Riding the wave: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the popularity of RTA notifications to the GATT/WTO |
| Author | McClough, David Andrew |
| Author email | mcclough@usc.edu; dmcclou@bgsu.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Economy & Public Policy |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-07 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-18 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Katada, Saori N. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Nugent, Jeffrey B. Cartier, Carolyn |
| Abstract | The proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) notified to the GATT/WTO since the early 1980s deviates from the long-term trend and reflects participation of nearly every member of the United Nations. This dissertation seeks to explain the current wave of RTA notifications by supplementing the economic model of supply and demand with diffusion theory. Application of the supply and demand model is useful in distinguishing between changes in demand and changes insupply of RTAs. This distinction is seldom emphasized in the current literature examining RTAs. Recent applications of diffusion theory in the discipline of international relations offer a unique opportunity to include a dynamic force in the static analysis of the supply and demand model. Empirical analysis assesses the fit of the RTA diffusion pattern by comparing the RTA diffusion pattern to a cumulative standard normal distribution. The analysis indicates that the diffusion pattern of RTAs resembles the diffusion of an innovation through a social system.; The implication of this finding is that the adoption of an RTA as trade policy is not made independently of the decision by other states. Indeed, the analysis suggests interdependency between states. Further empirical analysis explores economic and political variables that may explain the decision to adopt the RTA as trade policy. The empirical analysis is unique in that survival analysis is utilized to assess the variation in duration to adopt an initial RTA since the early 1980s. A central discovery is that regional designation explains the variation in duration to adopt an initial RTA. Multiple regression analysis confirms the results generated using survival analysis and support the assertion that the proliferation of RTAs likely reflects changes in both the demand for RTAs and the supply of RTAs. This dissertation concludes by considering implications for the WTO resulting from the increase in RTA notifications. |
| Keyword | trade agreements |
| Coverage date | after 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1675 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | McClough, David Andrew |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-McClough-2338 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-McClough-2338.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 59 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 50 theory. In addition, it may be useful to investigate how economic integration contributes to the resiliency of separatist movements, especially those in Europe (Belgium, Spain, and the United Kingdom) where economic integration is the most advanced. Alternatively, the situation in Canada with respect to Quebec appears to have abated. The Velvet Revolution separating the Czech and Slovak Republics offers anecdotal evidence supporting the possibility that economic integration may reduce the value of maintaining larger states. The disintegrations of the Yugoslav and the Soviet federations can be interpreted to offer additional evidence of this effect, albeit with more significant ethnic and political components. In the case of Yugoslavia, it is reasonable to assert that an expectation existed that many of the newly independent republics would seek stronger relations with Western Europe economically through the EC/EU and militarily through the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The obvious exception is Serbia, which allied with Russian rather than Western Europe. The formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union as newly independent former Soviet republics agreed to cooperate not only on economic matters but defense and foreign policy as well. The empirical component of this analysis accounts for considerable political disintegration during the time period under investigation. Failed political integration schemes seem to have inspired faster adoption of economic integration schemes to address security concerns but also to address economic concerns including |
