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Economic implications for Turkey of a customs union with the European Union
Harrison, Glenn W.; Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tarr, David G. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1996
Turkey and the European Union (EU) have agreed to implement a customs union. This means Turkey will eliminate its tariffs and levies on imports on manufactured products from the EU. Turkey will also apply EU's"common external tariff"on imports from third countries. Turkey will be obligated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005129185
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Impact of WTO accession and the customs union on the bound and applied tariff rates of the Russian federation
Shepotylo, Oleksandr; Tarr, David G. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012
After 18 years of negotiations, Russia has joined the World Trade Organization. This paper assesses how the tariff … structure of the Russian Federation will change as a result of the phased implementation of its World Trade Organization … impact of these policy changes. It finds that World Trade Organization commitments will progressively and significantly lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561852
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Reducing trade costs in east Africa : deep regional integration and multilateral action
Balistreri, Edward J.; Tarr, David G.; Yonezawa, Hidemichi - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
There is substantial evidence that with the progressive global decline in tariffs over several decades, trade costs are a more significant barrier to trade than tariffs, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper decomposes trade costs into three categories: costs that can be lowered by trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932956
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Trade policy options for Chile : a quantitative evaluation
Harrison, Glenn W.; Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tarr, David G. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997
Chile is currently evaluating a wide range of possible trade policies. Using a global computable general equilibrium model, the authors examine a range of trade policy and complementary tax policy options for Chile. They focus on Chile's principal preferential trade policy options: a free-trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005133621
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How moving to world prices affects the terms of trade in 15 countries of the former Soviet Union
Tarr, David G. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1993
Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan) gain, whereas countries that concentrate in food and machinery exports (notably the Belarus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134318
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Piecemeal trade reform in partially liberalized economies : an evaluation for Turkey
Harrison, Glenn W.; Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tarr, David G. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1992
applied export subsidies in individual sectors with high tariffs as a means of encouraging exports in a sector that may … made convertible, and tariffs are generally lower. Those changes and the export subsidies that remain have removed the anti-export … export subsidies would substantially improve Turkey's welfare. Although the"Ramsey"optimal import taxation would call for non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141771
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Chile's regional arrangements and the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas : the importance of market access
Harrison, Glenn W.; Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tarr, David G. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001
that the FTAA produces large welfare gains for the members, with the European Union being the big loser. Gains to the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005057604
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Deep trade policy options for Armenia : the importance of services, trade facilitation and standards liberalization
Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011
technologies from the rest of the world region in manufactured products. Additional gains can be expected in the long run from an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009018581