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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

, and finds that in neither case will trade liberalization have dramatic effects. East European exports to the EC could …

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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

on exports from least developed countries (LDCs). Tariff peak products tend to be heavily concentrated in agriculture and … Quad for tariff peak products would result in an 11% increase in their total exports - in the order of $2.5 billion …. Exports to Quad countries of tariff peak products would expand by 30-60%. Given that LDC exports of tariff peak items account …

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Exports and Information Spillovers

Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

Exporters’ performance in a particular market may affect their future exports to the rest of the world. Importers may … dollar increase in exports to the United States generates on average an extra 2 to 14 cents of exports to the rest of the …

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Trade Liberalization with Eastern Nations. How Sensitive?

Neven, Damien J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper analyses the political economy of trade liberalization by the European Community towards Eastern nations. We identify the sectors that are both sensitive and politically effective. We find that Eastern nations may have a comparative advantage in industries that use capital and...

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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 products continue to provide an incomplete indication of the extent to which agricultural producer and consumer incentives are distorted in national markets. As well, in developing...

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Who Profits from Trade Facilitation Initiatives?

Hoekman, Bernard; Shepherd, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from trade facilitation—measures to reduce the overall costs of the international movement of goods. From an equity perspective an important question is how those benefits are distributed across and within...

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Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets

Anderson, Kym; Rausser, Gordon; Swinnen, Johan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of public policies. Many of the policy developments in this sector since the 1950s have been sudden and transformational, while others have been gradual but persistent. This article reviews and synthesizes...

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