Title
Publication Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
12-2010
Abstract
This paper reexamines the GATT/WTO membership effect on bilateral trade flows, using nonparametric methods including pair-matching, permutation tests, and a Rosenbaum (2002) sensitivity analysis. Together, these methods provide an estimation framework that is robust to misspecification biases, allows general forms of heterogeneous treatment effects, and addresses potential hidden selection biases. This is in contrast to most conventional parametric studies on this issue. Our results suggest large GATT/WTO trade-promoting effects, robust to various restricted matching criteria, alternative indicators for GATT/WTO involvement, different matching methodologies, non-random incidence of positive trade flows, and inclusion of multilateral resistance terms.
Keywords
Trade flow, Treatment effect, Matching, Permutation test, Signed-rank test, Sensitivity analysis.
Discipline
International Business | International Economics
Research Areas
International Economics
Citation
CHANG, Pao Li and Lee, Myoung-Jae.
The WTO Trade Effect. (2010). Research Collection School Of Economics.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1249
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE