?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F74%2F&rft.title=Investment+Discrimination+and+the+Proliferation+of+Preferential+Trade%0D%0AAgreements&rft.creator=Baccini%2C+Leonardo&rft.creator=Duer%2C+Andreas&rft.subject=JA+Political+science+(General)&rft.description=The+proliferation+of+bilateral+and+regional+trade+agreements+has+arguably+been+the+main%0D%0Achange+to+the+international+trading+system+since+the+end+of+the+Uruguay+Round+in+the+mid-%0D%0A1990s.+We+argue+that+investment+discrimination+plays+a+major+role+in+this+development.%0D%0APreferential+trade+agreements+can+lead+to+investment+discrimination+because+of+tariff%0D%0Adifferentials+on+intermediary+products+and+as+result+of+provisions+that+relax+investment+rules%0D%0Afor+the+parties+to+the+agreement.+Excluded+countries+are+sensitive+to+the+costs+that+this%0D%0Ainvestment+discrimination+imposes+on+domestic+firms+and+react+by+signing+a+trade+agreement%0D%0Athat+aims+at+leveling+the+playing+field.+We+test+our+argument+using+a+spatial+econometric%0D%0Amodel+and+a+newly+compiled+dataset+that+includes+166+countries+and+covers+a+period+of+18%0D%0Ayears+(1990-2007).+Our+findings+strongly+support+the+argument+that+investment+discrimination%0D%0Ais+a+major+driver+of+the+proliferation+of+trade+agreements.&rft.date=2010&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F74%2F1%2Fbaccini_duer_2010a.pdf&rft.identifier=++Baccini%2C+Leonardo+and+Duer%2C+Andreas++Investment+Discrimination+and+the+Proliferation+of+Preferential+Trade+Agreements.++Working+Paper+++++++(Unpublished)+++