TY - GEN AU - Harberger, Arnold C. TI - Exploring the Possible Benefits and Costs of FTAA PY - 2010 Y1 - 2010/11/08 DO - 10.18235/0008537 AB - Given the unclear results in Latin America's past experience with free trade areas and customs unions, one wonders whether the present degree of enthusiasm about the prospects of a much more grandiose effort in the same direction (the Free Trade Area of the Americas [FTAA]) is really justified. This document takes a coldly analytical look at the pluses and minuses surrounding a prospective FTAA and focuses on the economists' tried and true criteria of costs and benefits. UR - https://doi.org/10.18235/0008537 ER -