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    Trade, productivity and welfare effects of regional integration in South Asia

    199901_Islam 2014.pdf (985.4Kb)
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    Authors
    Islam, Amirul
    Date
    2014
    Supervisor
    Assoc. Prof. Ruhul Salim
    Prof. Harry Bloch
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    PhD
    
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    School of Economics and Finance, Curtin Business School
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39
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    • Curtin Theses
    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.

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