They raise a serious objection and a theoretical question.

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That's no longer a theoretical question.

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To begin with, the authors question the theoretical appeal of the path-dependence paradigm.

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As he and other economists acknowledge in a symposium in the July Economic Journal, there is no clear-cut theoretical answer to the question of whether regional trade agreements are good or bad, and the empirical findings are hotly disputed.

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