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The Liberalization of European Steel Trade

Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

This paper constructs a simple model of the steel sector in Europe distinguishing eight West and two East European … second to explore the consequences of the mutual trade liberalization between Eastern and Western Europe envisaged under the … Europe Agreements. The latter allow major increases in output in the East (18%) and offer Western steel users significant …

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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

Europe to explore the effects of trade policies on those sectors. In particular it explores the partial opening of EC markets … sector is significantly cartelized the net effects would be around zero. Eastern Europe may gain substantially (12% increase …

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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 on exports from least developed countries (LDCs). Tariff peak products tend to be heavily concentrated in agriculture and food products and in labour-intensive sectors such as...

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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 base their future transaction decisions upon the information revealed by exporters’ past performance in other countries. Similarly, exporters acquire valuable information on...

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Trade Liberalization with Eastern Nations. How Sensitive?

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

economy of protection in the North of Europe. By contrast, the protection of specific factors may be the most important … element in the South of Europe. …

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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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