1. UNSC Membership and PTAs Zachary and Taemin

2. Research Question
Does UNSC membership make it more likely that a country will form a Preferential Trade Agreement with the US?

3. Literature Review The political economy of the UNSC
Countries trade aid for legitimacy
Why do countries form PTAs?
Economic benefits
Political calculations

4. Hypothesis
The US forms Preferential Trade Agreements with UNSC members to increase its influence.

5. Methodology Independent: UNSC Membership
Vreeland and Dreher 2014
Dependent: PTA accession with USA, lagged
Baccini and Dür 2014
Logistic regressions

6. Our Findings PTA Distribution, 2009 Rate of PTA Accession Non-UNSC

7. Some Caveats Results are inconsistent across different lag times
Lag time (years)
Prob > chi2 3
0.0431 5
0.0214 7
0.0063 10
0.0380
No controls yet

8. Conclusion/Next Steps
Control for other variables
Create better lag mechanism
Expand window of UNSC membership
Look at African UNSC members