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Heterogeneous Information and Trade Policy
Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Protectionism enjoys surprising popular support, in spite of deadweight losses. At the same time, trade barriers appear … endogenously acquires more information about his sector of employment. As a result, voters support protectionism, because they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399721
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Did WTO rules restrain protectionism during the recent systemic crisis?
Evenett, Simon J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
rules altered at most the composition of crisis-era protectionism. As to the quantum of protectionism, it is unclear how WTO … refrain from protectionism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365003
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What Can Be Learned from Crisis-Era Protectionism? An Initial Assessment
Evenett, Simon J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
Drawing upon a comprehensive database of contemporary protectionism, this paper offers an initial assessment of the … extent to which our understanding of protectionism may have to evolve. While some long-standing features of protectionism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506838
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Scared by Foreigners and their Products? Survey Evidence from France
Cadot, Olivier; Geoffard, Pierre-Yves; Suwa Eisenmann, Akiko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
robustly associated with protectionism. Moreover, right-wing protectionism concerns not just agriculture but appears to be a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136730
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Protection and Trade in Services: A Survey
Hoekman, Bernard; Primo Braga, Carlos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
the welfare costs of protectionism in the service sector. This will require the quantification of barriers to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114248
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The Political Economy of Trade Regimes in Central Europe
Csaba, László - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper evaluates the robustness of trade liberalization in Central Europe and the role of the Europe Agreements (EAs) in institutionalizing this process. It finds a) that institutions are still fragile in Central Europe; b) that the EAs are not a great force for liberalism (on either side);...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114258
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A Fragmenting Global Economy: A Weakened WTO, Mega FTAs, and Murky Protectionism
Aggarwal, Vinod K; Evenett, Simon J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
-discrimination, namely MFN and national treatment. This has manifested itself in 1) growing resort to protectionism in the wake of the crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084204
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What's Holding Back EU Exports to China?
Evenett, Simon J; Fritz, Johannes; Wermelinger, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Chinese protectionism. For the first 15 members to join the European Union this paper estimates the factors affecting the … protectionism by China contributed too. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084459
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Industrial Organization and Trade Liberalization: Evidence from Korea
de Melo, Jaime; Roland-Holst, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990
Based on evidence about industrial organization and market structure, this paper develops a CGE model with increasing returns to scale (IRTS) in selected industrial sectors in order to estimate the welfare gains Korea would achieve from abolishing the import restraints (tariffs and equivalent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662390
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European and American Regionalism: Effects on and Options for Asia
Anderson, Kym; Snape, Richard H - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
This paper addresses several questions of concern to economies excluded from the world's two major trading blocs <196> the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA). First, is there evidence from the past that suggests the direct and indirect effects of regional...</196>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667022