Regional and interregional economic effects of the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Canada

Even before the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the U.S. and Canada came into force on January 1, 1989, a substantial body of literature had been assembled on the future agreement and its likely economic effects on both countries. Despite the large number of studies in both countries, there had been no systematic attempt to measure the FTA effects at the regional level. Unfortunately, regional effects of national and international policies such as trade liberalization have been perceived as less important than the measurement of the same effects at the national level. This study focuses attempts to rectify this situation by focusing on the different effects that national and international trade policies have on distinctive regions within a country by modeling the impact of the FTA regionally using an applied general equilibrium approach.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economicsl

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Gazel, Ricardo Costa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Grinols, Earl L.

• Economics, General
• Economics, Commerce-Business

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Gazel, Ricardo Costa

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9503193
(UMI)AAI9503193

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22833