Did pre-WTO agreements curb corruption?

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• 作者：Deepraj Mukherjee ; ^{dmukherj@kent.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：D73 ; F13 ; C23
• 刊名：Economic Analysis and Policy
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：47
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1-10
• 全文大小：394 K

文摘

Using country-level panel data, this study tests whether a country’s decision to join a preferential trade agreement (PTA) or existing participation in one affects its corruption levels. The sample for this study pertains mostly to first-generation PTAs that arose prior to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The results suggest that member nations that entered into pre-WTO PTAs exhibited higher levels of corruption. This claim is general and is not indicative of the undesirability of trade agreements. Nevertheless, the findings reveal interesting factors related to trade agreements in the pre-WTO period.