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Leading economics scholars investigate how trade agreements and commercial policies adapt and shape the globalization process

Table of Contents

Part I. Commercial Policy: Empirical Facts, Determinants and Effects 1. The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy C.P. Bown and M.A. Crowley 2. The Political Economy of Commercial Policy J. McLaren 3. The Effects of Trade Policy P.K. Goldberg and N. Pavcnik 4. Quantitative Models of Commercial Policy R. Ossa

Part II. Trade Agreements: Legal Background, Purpose and Design 5. Legal Aspects of Commercial Policy Rules A.O. Sykes 6. Dispute Settlement in the WTO Mind Over Matter P.C. Mavroidis 7. The Purpose of Trade Agreements G.M. Grossman 8. The Design of Trade Agreements K. Bagwell and R.W. Staiger

About the Author

Kyle Bagwell is the Donald L. Lucas Endowed Professor in Economics at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Stanford Center for International Development, a Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. A Stanford Ph.D., he has also taught at Columbia University and Northwestern University. Robert W. Staiger is the Roth Family Distinguished Professor in the Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Economics, at Dartmouth College. He is also Editor (with Charles Engel) of the Journal of International Economics, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.