@inbook{9f24f78dd10d4c66abc6b3829187a56e,
title = "The Purpose of Trade Agreements",
abstract = "In this chapter, I review the literature on governments{\textquoteright} motivations for negotiating and joining international trade agreements. I discuss both normative explanations for trade agreements and explanations based on political-economy concerns. Most of the chapter focuses on the purpose of multilateral agreements, but I do discuss briefly the reasons we might see governments forming preferential or regional trade agreements that exclude some countries.",
keywords = "F13, F53, International cooperation, K33, Multilateralism, Regionalism, Trade agreements, Trade pacts",
author = "Grossman, \{G. M.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/bs.hescop.2016.04.016",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780444632807",
series = "Handbook of Commercial Policy",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
pages = "379--434",
editor = "Kyle Bagwell and Staiger, \{Robert W.\}",
booktitle = "Handbook of Commercial Policy",
}