Search Results - subject:"external tariffs"

On the Profitability of Trade Deflection and the Need for Rules of Origin

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Teti, Feodora; Yalcin, Erdal - 2018

-level comparisons, trade deflection is not profitable because external tariffs are rather similar and transportation costs are non … adjustment of external tariffs and ex ante selection effects. The pervasive and unconditional use of RoOs is, therefore, hard to …

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On the profitability of trade deflection and the need for rules of origin

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Teti, Feodora; Yalçin, Erdal - 2018

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Regionalism and Falling External Protection in High and Low Tariff Members

Crivelli, Pramila - Institut d'Economie et Econométrie, Université de Genève - 2012

result lends support to the "building block" view of regionalism, in particular for countries applying high external tariffs …

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Cameroon; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Joint Staff Advisory Note

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

The government of Cameroon adopted its first Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) to define the overall framework for its development policies. To adjust the overall objectives and address the weaknesses of the first PRSP, a new comprehensive framework, Cameroon's Strategy for Growth and...

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The ASEAN Free Trade Agreement: impact on trade flows and external trade barriers

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

trade with non-members and external tariffs facing non-members. First, we examine the effect of preferential and external …

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Regional trade agreements

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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