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Trade Agreements as Endogenously Incomplete Contracts

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Horn, Henrik, Maggi, Giovanni, Staiger, Robert W·2010·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.100.1.394
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We propose a model of trade agreements in which contracting is costly, and as a consequence the optimal agreement may be incomplete. In spite of its simplicity, the model yields rich predictions on the structure of the optimal trade agreement and how this depends on the fundamentals of the contracting environment. We argue that taking contracting costs explicitly into account can help explain a number of key features of real trade agreements. (JEL D86, F13)

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Authors
Horn, H., Maggi, G., & Staiger, R. W.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2010-03-01
Volume
100
Issue
1
Pages
394-419
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.100.1.394
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301
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journal article
Language
en
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