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Regional, multilateral and unilateral trade policies of MERCOSUR for growth and poverty reduction in Brazil

Harrison, Glenn W.; Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tarr, David G.; … - 2003

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International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper assembles findings on the use of trade taxes, examines the main contributing factors, and reviews the fiscal aspects of trade policy as they relate to both efficiency and macroeconomic stabilization. It demonstrates why trade taxes would generally not be part of an optimal tax...

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An analysis of Indonesian trade policies : countertrade, downstream processing, import restrictions and the deletion program

Fitzgerald, Bruce - 1986 - Rev

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Trade reform design as a signal to foreign investors : lessons for economies in transition

Bond, Eric W.; Chiu, Steve; Estache, Antonio - 1995

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The entwining of trade policy with environmental and labour standards : [revision of a paper presented at the World Bank Conference on Implications of the Uruguay round for develop...

Anderson, Kym - 1995

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Trade Policy and Market Structure Interactions in Developing Countries

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper shows that the presence of quotas on imported inputs that are based on installed capacity can lead to capacity underutilization in manufacturing industries of developing countries. A replacement of such quotas, by tariffs leads to full capacity utilization under assumptions of both...

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The ""Gulliver Effect"" and the ""Optimal Divergence"" Approach to Trade Policies : The Case of Nepal

International Monetary Fund - 1988

The relevant “size” of an economy is affected by its environment. A country could be small in the world economy yet … trade policies. We examine here the consequences of such a “Gulliver” effect, looking at the case of Nepal whose economy is … closely linked to the economy of India. Since India’s protective policies are not optimal for Nepal, we consider the various …

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Trade Policy and Macroeconomic Balance in the World Economy

International Monetary Fund - 1988

The paper explores the relationship between trade policy and current accounts. The effect on the current account of a change in protection at home and then abroad is analyzed, assuming that the exchange rate floats. The “savings-and-investment approach” is used. It shows that there is no...

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Market-Oriented Reform of Foreign Trade in Planned Economies

International Monetary Fund - 1990

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Elasticity Optimism

International Monetary Fund - 2009

In most macroeconomic models, the substitutability between domestic and foreign goods is calibrated using aggregated data. This imposes homogeneous elasticities across goods, and the calibration is only valid under this assumption. If elasticities are heterogeneous, the aggregate...

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