Deals To Be Determined: Domestic Context, Timing, and the Outcomes of Trade Negotiations

• In Event: Free Trade Agreements

Brief Overview

Why do some trade negotiations conclude with agreements, but others fade out without deals? Using original data, I find that negotiating countries’ domestic context has no impact on the conclusion of trade talks, but elections will prolong the talks.

Author

• Huei-Jyun Ye, Binghamton University