The Bigger, the Better: Coalitions in the GATT/WTO

What does it take to make a coalition successful? Bigger coalitions are more likely to be successful because the GATT/WTO is a consensus-based institution and countries are informally penalized if they isolate themselves. Through a Bayesian statistical analysis, the article corroborates the above hy...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Cepaluni, Manoel Galdino, Amâncio Jorge de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2012-12-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bpsr/v6n2/a02v6n2.pdf