What is it about?
A variety of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) -- economic, socio-cultural and general purpose for instance-- exists in the international system. For any given pair of states, how do joint memberships in particular types of IGOs affect bilateral trade between them? How and to what extent do complex interdependencies in the world trade network matter? This paper looks at the effects of joint memberships in different types of IGOs on bilateral trade within the broader structure of the world trade network.
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Why is it important?
I seek to address the various gaps in the international political economy literature by examining how and under what conditions joint membership in IGOs affect bilateral trade, taking into account the broader structure of the world trade network. Notably, I avoid treating IGOs as homogenous entities and consider separately the effects of joint memberships in three IGO types: economic, socio-cultural and general purpose. This paper presents a nuanced way of analyzing IGOs and provides the impetus for the study of complex interdependencies in international trade.
Perspectives
This publication addresses two important questions of the international political economy: (1) how and to what extent do the different types of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) matter? (2) how do we account for and make sense of the complexity of the world trade network in which states are embedded in?
Dr Zhengqi Pan
National University of Singapore
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This page is a summary of: VARIETIES OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS AND STRUCTURAL EFFECTS IN THE WORLD TRADE NETWORK, Advances in Complex Systems, March 2018, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt,
DOI: 10.1142/s0219525918500017.
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