Andean Community's 'Platform Effect' in Manufacturing Exports: A Case of Trade Compatibility between South-South and North-South Trade Agreements

Pages: 
49
Item Reference: 
W-2012/11
Publication Date: 
2012
Publication Place: 
Bruges
Publication Language: 
EN
Publisher: 
United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies
Series Title: 
UNU-CRIS Working Papers
Working Paper Type: 
Abstract: 

The motivation to carry out the academic research that led to the results presented in this paper stems from the need to address some issues of conceptual and policy making importance, which are evident when considering some of the most interesting features of contemporary economic regionalism and its immediate consequences for the Andean sub region.