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http://dx.doi.org/10.12939/FBA.2017.48.4.045

The Effects of Free Trade Agreements on Korea's Fishery Products Import Market Integration  

Lim, Eun-Son (Department of Economics, University of South Carolina)
Kim, Ki-Soo (Division of International Commerce, Pukyong National University)
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The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration / v.48, no.4, 2017 , pp. 45-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
Although the main objective of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) is market integration among member countries, there are limited studies supporting this impact. Our study explores whether FTA has enhanced market integration between South Korea and its FTA partners, focusing on South Korea's fishery product import market. We investigate two research questions concerning FTA impacts: first, whether trade costs declined when South Korea imported fishery products from its FTA partners after the FTA; second, if the speed of the convergence of South Korea-its FTA partners'price differential of imported fishery products on trade costs result to occur more quickly after the FTA. To determine these outcomes, we utilize a Threshold Autoregressive Model covering the sample periods from January 2002 to April 2017. Our findings demonstrate the effects of FTA on market integration are different among FTA partners. FTA has enhanced the market integration between South Korea and Norway, Vietnam, and Spain, respectively, but not for others. Therefore, we find positive evidence of FTA on fishery import market integration between South Korea and Norway, Vietnam and Spain, respectively.
Keywords
FTA; Market integration; Arbitrage; Threshold autoregressive model; PPP;
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