Search Results - subject:"EXTERNAL TARIFFS"

Freund, Caroline; Ornelas, Emanuel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

This paper reviews the theoretical and the empirical literature on regionalism. The formation of regional trade agreements has been, by far, the most popular form of reciprocal trade liberalization in the last fifteen years. The discriminatory character of these agreements has raised three main...

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Regional Trade Agreements

Freund, Caroline; Ornelas, Emanuel - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

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Revenue Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa; Challenges From Globalization

Mansour, Mario; Keen, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper evaluates the nature and extent of, and possible responses to, two of the central challenges that globalization poses for revenue mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): from corporate tax competition, and from trade liberalization. It does so using a new dataset with features...

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The ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: Impact on Trade Flows and External Trade Barriers

Calvo-Pardo, Hector; Freund, Caroline; Ornelas, Emanuel - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

trade with non-members and external tariffs facing non-members. First, we examine the effect of preferential and external … external tariffs facing non-members. First, we examine the effect of preferential and external tariff reduction on import … force for broader liberalization. Keywords: regionalism, external tariffs, trade liberalization, preferential trade …

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The importance of regional economic integration in Africa

Madyo, Manone Regina - 2008

Motivation of virtually all regional economic integration (REI) initiatives has been prospect of enhanced economic growth. Although REI's role in contributing to growth and development was recognised and acknowledged, its importance in Africa has never been properly outlined. Theoretical...

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Does regionalism affect trade liberalization towards non-members?

Estevadeordal, Antoni; Freund, Caroline; Ornelas, Emanuel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

We examine the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on applied MFN tariffs and bilateral preferences for ten Latin American countries from 1990 to 2001. We find that preferential tariff reduction in a given sector leads to a reduction in the external...

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Free Trade Agreements versus Customs Unions: An Examination of East Asia

Park, Innwon; Park, Soonchan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

analysis. The East Asian CUs adopt a system of common external tariffs (CET) based on simple-averaged, import …

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Trade Restrictiveness in the CEMAC Region. the Case of Congo

Oliva, Maria-Angels - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Congo's vital dependence on trade for development stands in contradiction with its trade policy. As a member of the CEMAC, Congo's tariff scheme at least formally is guided by CEMAC's 1994 trade regime agreement. This paper shows CEMAC's customs code is restrictive relative to that of comparable...

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Does Regionalism Affect Trade Liberalization Towards Non-Members?

Estevadeordal, Antoni; Freund, Caroline; Ornelas, Emanuel - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008

liberalization are unfounded. Keywords: regionalism, external tariffs, trade liberalization JEL Classification: F13, F15 … Bhagwati and Panagariya (1999). 2 As Kemp and Wan (1976) show, in any customs union there is a set of external tariffs that … leaves welfare of non- members unaffected. If external tariffs fall below that level, then excluded countries benefit from …

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Trade Creation and Diversion Revisited; Accounting for Model Uncertainty and Natural Trading Partner Effects

Papageorgiou, Chris; Henn, Christian; Eicher, Theo S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

Trade theories covering Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) are as diverse as the literature in search of their empirical support. To account for the model uncertainty that surrounds the validity of the competing PTA theories, we introduce Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) to the PTA literature....

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