. Such institutional "flexibility" is necessary, yet it raises a tricky theoretical question: how to

subsets of RTAs, these studies are based on what is probably the largest dataset used to date, and

Preface vii I Introduction 1 1 Made in theWorld 3 2 Workhorse Models 28 II Location 57 3 Contracts

agreements reached in the ongoing Doha round (begun in 2001). One of the institutional outgrowths of GATT is

"The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is the most far