The effect of the formation of bilateral FTA between dissimilar countries on multilateral free trade

• Project/Area Number: 26380318
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: Nomura Ryoichi 立命館大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (60465599)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: FTA

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research investigates the effect of a formation of bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between asymmetric countries on the feasibility of multilateral free trade (MFT). Main results are as follows: (1) Suppose that market scale of countries are similar. Expansion of FTA paves the way for MFT, although Overlapping FTAs does not. (2) As compared with Cournot competition, Stackelberg competition lowers the feasibility of a bilateral FTA as well as the attainability of MFT.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Expansion of Free Trade Agreements, Overlapping Free Trade Agreements, and Market Size (2016)
  • Author(s): R. Nomura, T. Ohkawa, M. Okamura, and M. Tawada
  • Journal Title: Regional Free Trade Areas and Strategic Trade Policies (eds. by T. Ohkawa, M. Tawada, M. Okamura, and R. Nomura), Springer Volume: - Pages: 3-20
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The Feasibility of Multilateral Free Trade and Mode of Competition (2016)
  • Author(s): R. Nomura
  • Journal Title: Regional Free Trade Areas and Strategic Trade Policies (eds. by T. Ohkawa, M. Tawada, M. Okamura, and R. Nomura), Springer Volume: - Pages: 21-38
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Technology Choice, Firm Behavior, and Free Trade Agreement (2016)
  • Author(s): R. Nomura, T. Ohkawa, and M. Okamura
  • Journal Title: Regional Free Trade Areas and Strategic Trade Policies (eds. by T. Ohkawa, M. Tawada, M. Okamura, and R. Nomura), Springer Volume: - Pages: 57-68
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Government Intervention Brings About Free-Trade Outcomes in the Long Run (2016)
  • Author(s): T. Ohkawa, M. Hayashibara, R. Nomura, and M. Okamura
  • Journal Title: Regional Free Trade Areas and Strategic Trade Policies (eds. by T. Ohkawa, M. Tawada, M. Okamura, and R. Nomura), Springer Volume: - Pages: 119-135
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Voluntary Formation of Free Trade Area in a Third Country Model (2015)
  • Author(s): R. Nomura, T. Ohkawa, M. Okamura, and M. Tawada.
  • Journal Title: The Region and Trade: New Analytical Directions (edited by A. A. Atayal and P. Nijkamp) Volume: chapter 4 Pages: 77-88
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Chamberlinian Agglomeration Model with External Economies of Scale (2014)
  • Author(s): H. Kurata, R. Nomura, and N. Suga
  • Journal Title: 東北学院大学経済学論集 Volume: 183 Pages: 41-56
  • NAID: 120003277550
• [Presentation] The feasibility of multilateral free trade and mode of competition (2016)
  • Author(s): R. Nomura
  • Organizer: European Regional Science Association
  • Place of Presentation: Vienna University of Economics and Business（Austria）
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Expansion of FTA, Overlapping FTAs and Market Size (with T. Ohakawa, M. Okamura, and T. Tawada) (2015)
  • Author(s): R. Nomura
  • Organizer: European Regional Science Association
  • Place of Presentation: Lisbon (Portugal)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-28
  • Int'l Joint Research