Getting the most out of free trade agreements in Central America

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Getting the Most out of Central America's Free Trade Agreements -- What Is the Expected Impact on Trade Volumes from Central America's Efforts to Liberalize and Promote Trade? -- What Is the Expected Impact on Growth from an Increase in Central America's Trade? -- What Is the Complementary Agenda for Promoting Trade? -- What Are the Expected Welfare Effects of Trade Liberalization and Promotion in Central America? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 The DR-CAFTA and the Extensive Margin: A Firm-Level Analysis -- The Data -- Export Trends -- Firm-Level Patterns of Extensive Margin -- Relationship between Tariff Reductions and Exporters' Behavior: Preliminary Evidence -- Empirical Strategy and Results -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Exports, Wages, and Skills: Implications for CAFTA -- Firms in International Trade -- Exporting, Productivity, and Wages: Causality -- Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Trade and Economic Growth: Evidence on the Role of Complementarities for the DR-CAFTA Countries -- Literature Review -- The Data -- Econometric Methodology -- Empirical Assessment -- Trade and Growth: The Role of Complementarities -- Economic Implications of Our Estimates: Discussion for DR-CAFTA -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Power Integration in Central America: From Hope to Mirage? -- What Does Power Integration Mean? -- The Political Economy of Integration -- Power Integration in Central America: The SIEPAC Project -- The Central America Power Sector in a Nutshell -- Obstacles to Integration of the Central American Power Sector -- Reality or Mirage? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References.