Why Take a Detour: The Choice Between Bilateral and Mega-PTAs

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Brief Overview

The study explores why Indo-Pacific countries choose complex multilateral PTA negotiations over simpler bilateral ones, comparing whether countries decide to push for either of these kinds of trade agreements and what the determinants of this choice.

Authors

• Giuseppe Peressotti, University of Texas at Dallas

• Huei-Jyun Ye, Wabash College