preferential trade agreements a building or stumbling block for global free trade

Critically analyse the literature from the point of view of not just the method, but also in terms of the question. Whether there is something that the research might have missed by answering that particular question. It is important to be critical in the literature review, not just saying that this is what the paper did, just use the data or the conclusion. Looking at the ability to understand what these papers are about, and how the author was about answering those questions, hence it is important to look at a number of papers, not just one or two. It is important to provide a list of readings to see whether you are on the right track.

Suggestions for related articles:

Bhagwati, Jagdish, and Arvind Panagariya. “The theory of preferential trade agreements: historical evolution and current trends.” The American Economic Review 86, no. 2 (1996): 82-87. look for more recent articles by these authors as well..

Start by the basic theory of what economic integration about, why economic integration is important, then talk about trade creation and trade diversion.

Trade creation, and trade diversion( using econometrics, dummy variables, “gravity model” : GDP, distance, languages, and other factors, trade agreement as one of the dummy variables. Review those kinds of papers in the NAFTA context)

It is important to talk about the topic specifically in the context of NAFTA, as an example, to show how the preferential trade agreements act as building bloc for the global free trade.

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The literature review must:

• be critically evaluating published academic literature in trade theory or policy

• be word-processed using only one side of the paper and the pages should be numbered

• have all graphs and tables properly labelled and neatly drawn

• be checked for grammar and spelling errors

• consist of a list of chronologically sequenced references at the last page Referencing for any data or information sources are compulsory and should follow the APA Style of referencing (6th edition), seehttp://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/learning/g_apagui… for the referencing style guide.

You should NOT exceed 3000 words overall for writing this Literature Review (excluding references and footnotes/endnotes)

This is an individual work assignment and Turnitin reports from all students should be emailed via AUT online before the submission deadline (See Guidelines in AUT online).

The literature review is a more detailed analysis of your research seminar. It is therefore more like a research paper and will therefore need to include the following components:

1. Abstract : One or two paragraphs not exceeding 300 words, summarizing what is your topic about, and what are the conclusions from the literature review, with any important policy implications.

2. Introduction: Not exceeding more than 2 pages, you should introduce your topic here, and also at the end provide a paragraph on how your paper has been organized section-wise.

3. Literature review: This is the main component of this assessment, and you may want to sub-divide this further section-wise into the theoretical and empirical literature in your chosen topic. You should analyze each literature in some detail, trying to extract a common theme from a group of articles, if possible.

4. Analysis and Policy Implications: This is your own analysis of the literature that you have reviewed, with a focus on how these findings from the literature informs policymakers.

5. Conclusions: Summarize your final observations in this section, and any gaps in the literature that you identify, in this section, which should not exceed more than 1 page.

6. References: List all your sources (journal articles, other papers, books and book chapters, websites) in alphabetical order using APA style of referencing. All these sources should also be properly cited in the text. Remember, Lecture notes CANNOT be used as a source of reference. Also, all web sources used should be clearly referenced with their URL and data accessed. The way the referencing should be done would be as follows:

Author surname, first initials (Year of publication), “Title”, place of publication: publisher. As a sample, a reference for a book and a report is provided below:

Dangler C, (1993) The Pacific Rim Region: a World Marketplace Approach through Trade and Investment, Maryland: Madison Books.

The World Bank (2007), “World Development Report 2007”, Washington D.C: World Bank

REMEMBER TO CROSS-CHECK THAT ALL SOURCES CITED IN YOUR TEXT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS LIST, AND THAT NOTHING IN THIS LIST HAS BEEN EXCLUDED IN THE TEXT.

7. Tables and Figures: You may want to include all Tables and Figures (with proper sequential numbering) at the end in an Appendix, and refer them in the text. This will avoid formatting problems in including tables/figures in the text. You can then just cite the relevant table/ figure number in your text.

8. Your literature review must have continuity in terms of page numbers, and your name and ID should be there on the first page.

Since this would require you to do some research on gathering the relevant literature and interpreting it, an early start would be highly advised. This would also help you to better plan your research presentation which should also be organized similarly.

 

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