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Lamy, Pascal. (2003). “Post-Cancun Primer: My WTO ‘Q&A’.” Wall Street Journal
A24, Sept. 23.
Lee, Chang Kil and David Strang. (2006). “The international diffusion of public-sector
downsizing: network emulation and theory-driven learning.”
International Organization 60, 883-909.
Lipsy, Richard G. (1957). “The Theory of Customs Union: Trade Diversion and
Welfare.” Economica 24, 40-46.
Long, Andrew G. (2003). “Defense pacts and international trade.” Journal of Peace
Research 40(5): 537-552.
Lucas, Robert E. (1976). "Econometric policy evaluation: a critique." Carnegie-
Rochester Conference Series 1, 19-46.
Maggi, Giovanni and Andres Rodriguez-Clare. (2007). “A Political-Economy
Theory of Trade Agreements.” American Economic Review 97(4): 1374-
1406.
Mansfield, Edward D. and Rachel Bronson. (1997). “Alliances, preferential trading
arrangements, and international trade.” American Political Science Review
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Mansfield, Edward E. and Pevehouse. (2000). “Trade blocs, trade flows and
international conflict.” International Organization 54(4): 775-808.
Mansfield, Edward D., Helen V. Milner, and B. Peter Rosendorff. (2000). “Free to
trade: democracies, autocracies, and international trade.” American Political
Science Review 94(2): 305-321.
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adjustments.” Oxford Economic Papers 33(1): 135-153.
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Press.
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| 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 |
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| Title | Page 225 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 216 Lamy, Pascal. (2003). “Post-Cancun Primer: My WTO ‘Q&A’.” Wall Street Journal A24, Sept. 23. Lee, Chang Kil and David Strang. (2006). “The international diffusion of public-sector downsizing: network emulation and theory-driven learning.” International Organization 60, 883-909. Lipsy, Richard G. (1957). “The Theory of Customs Union: Trade Diversion and Welfare.” Economica 24, 40-46. Long, Andrew G. (2003). “Defense pacts and international trade.” Journal of Peace Research 40(5): 537-552. Lucas, Robert E. (1976). "Econometric policy evaluation: a critique." Carnegie- Rochester Conference Series 1, 19-46. Maggi, Giovanni and Andres Rodriguez-Clare. (2007). “A Political-Economy Theory of Trade Agreements.” American Economic Review 97(4): 1374- 1406. Mansfield, Edward D. and Rachel Bronson. (1997). “Alliances, preferential trading arrangements, and international trade.” American Political Science Review 91(1): 94-107. Mansfield, Edward E. and Pevehouse. (2000). “Trade blocs, trade flows and international conflict.” International Organization 54(4): 775-808. Mansfield, Edward D., Helen V. Milner, and B. Peter Rosendorff. (2000). “Free to trade: democracies, autocracies, and international trade.” American Political Science Review 94(2): 305-321. Mattli, Walter. (1999). The Logic of Regional Integration: Europe and Beyond. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Mayer, Wolfgang. (1981). “Theoretical considerations on negotiated tariff adjustments.” Oxford Economic Papers 33(1): 135-153. Meade, James E. (1955). The Theory of Customs Unions. Amsterdam: North- Holland. Mitrany, David. (1975). The Functional Theory of Politics. New York: St. Martin's Press. |
