Trade flows between SAFTA member countries: an empirical analysis

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dc.contributor.authorOni, Sadia S.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorGhazalian, Pascal
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-17T19:42:03Z
dc.date.available2023-01-17T19:42:03Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThe South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) of the SAARC is the principal regional trade agreement in South Asia. This thesis empirically examines bilateral trade flows between SAFTA member countries. The empirical analysis is executed using the gravity model to estimate the relative magnitude of bilateral trade flows between SAFTA member countries. A panel dataset presenting bilateral trade flows among SAFTA member countries and between SAFTA countries and non-SAFTA countries is used. The empirical gravity equations are estimated in the log-linear forms and estimated in multiplicative forms using the PPML estimation method. The results show that the magnitudes of trade flows among SAFTA member countries significantly fall below the magnitudes of trade flows between SAFTA and non-SAFTA member countries, ceteris paribus. They indicate that SAFTA member countries should adopt policies to reduce the significance of para-tariffs, sensitive items list, and to improve bilateral infrastructure and business networks, and settle conflicts.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6406
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0501en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectSAFTAen_US
dc.subjectSouth Asian Free Trade Agreementen_US
dc.subjectTrade flows
dc.subjectBusiness networks
dc.subject.lcshFree trade--Asia, South
dc.subject.lcshInternational trade--Asia, South
dc.subject.lcshInternational economic relations
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.titleTrade flows between SAFTA member countries: an empirical analysisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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