Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and the Income Convergence of Member Countries: Lessons from the EU, AFTA and ANZCER

The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether the formation of an FTA will converge or diverge the income levels of its member countries. Although similar former studies predicted, to a certain degree, the possibility of economic convergence among FTA members, they failed to provide accurate resea...

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Main Authors: Chan-Hyun Sohn, Hyo-Sung Yim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2000-03-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2000.4.1.58