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Multilateral Export Control Regimes and Aggregate Exports

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  • Jingting Fan
  • Kyle Handley
  • Nuno Limão

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Export controls have become a central instrument of international economic policy, governing trade in dual-use and sensitive technologies among allies and rivals alike. Despite their prominence, little is known about how multilateral export control regimes affect trade between participating countries. Using long-run gravity estimates for 1965–2010, we show sizable increases in bilateral trade among joint members in multilateral export control regimes relative to nonmembers. The effects are heterogeneous across regimes and comparable in magnitude to preferential trade agreements. Our findings highlight export controls as institutions of regulatory coordination that shape aggregate trade patterns in modern global production networks.

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  • Jingting Fan & Kyle Handley & Nuno Limão, 2026. "Multilateral Export Control Regimes and Aggregate Exports," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 116, pages 109-113, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:116:y:2026:p:109-113
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20261070
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F52 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - National Security; Economic Nationalism

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