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Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited

Anderson, Kym; Kurzweil, Marianne; Martin, Will; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Notwithstanding the tariffication component of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, import tariffs on farm …

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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty: What have we learned in a decade?

Martuscelli, Antonio; Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper reviews key recent literature on the effects of trade liberalisation on poverty in developing countries and asks whether our knowledge has changed significantly over a decade. The conclusion that liberalisation generally boosts income and thus reduces poverty has not changed; some...

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Reducing Agriculture Tariffs Versus Domestic Support: What's More Important for Developing Countries?

Hoekman, Bernard; Ng, Francis; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

developed countries (LDCs), both directly and through the price-depressing effect of agricultural support policies. High tariffs … the impact of a 50 percent cut in tariffs and a 50 cut in domestic support for LDCs as compared to non-LDC developing …

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Trade Liberalization, Intermediate Inputs and Productivity: Evidence from Indonesia

Amiti, Mary; Konings, Jozef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to those on intermediate inputs. Lower … output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs can … tariffs. A 10 percentage point fall in output tariffs increases productivity by about 1%, whereas an equivalent fall in input …

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Estimates of Bilateral Trade Elasticities and Their Implications for the Modelling of `1992'

Brenton, Paul; Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

In this paper we use detailed trade and production data and a theoretically consistent model of demand - the Almost Ideal Demand System - to estimate bilateral trade elasticities, the key parameters required for quantification of the effects of the `1992' programme. Initial results for 70 West...

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Preferential Trade Agreements as Stumbling Blocks for Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Evidence for the US

Limão, Nuno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Most countries are members of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). The effect of these agreements has attracted much interest and raised the question of whether PTAs promote or slow down multilateral trade liberalization, i.e. whether they are a ‘building block’ or a ‘stumbling block’...

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Regulated Efficiency, World Trade Organization Accession and the Motor Vehicle Sector in China

Francois, Joseph; Spinanger, Dean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper is concerned with the interaction of regulated efficiency and World Trade Organization (WTO) accession and its impact on China’s motor vehicle sector. The analysis is conducted using a 23-sector/25-region computable general equilibrium model. Regulatory reform and internal...

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EC Imports from Eastern Europe: Iron and Steel

Wang, Zhen Kun; Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

This paper uses a schematic computable model of the iron and steel sectors in the European Community (EC) and Eastern Europe to explore the effects of trade policies on those sectors. In particular it explores the partial opening of EC markets to Eastern producers. Following a discussion of...

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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Indian Tariff Reform

Edmonds, Eric V; Pavcnik, Nina; Topalova, Petia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Does trade policy influence schooling and child labor decisions in low income countries? We examine this question in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in schooling and decline in child labor. These trends were...

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Tariff Peaks in the Quad and Least Developed Country Exports

Hoekman, Bernard; Ng, Francis; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Although average tariffs in Quad markets are very low, tariff peaks and tariff escalation have a disproportional effect …

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