Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The thesis examines the impacts of the South Asian free trade agreement (SAFTA) on trade, productivity, and welfare of the member countries. When theoretically relevant variables are controlled for, it is found that the agreement is not effective in creating intra-regional trade flows and improving productivity of the region. India and Nepal gain welfare in the long run, while the others lose. Deeper integration, embracing factor flows, is required to make the agreement fruitful.
Source: eSpace (Curtin University)
Author: Amirul Islam
Language: English
Topic: Global trade and economics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Curtin University of Technology
OpenAlex ID: W2464489483