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The Erosion of Tariff Preferences: The Impact of U.S. Tariff Reductions on Developing Countries
Reynolds, Kara - EconWPA - 2005
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the program instituted in 1976 that allows developing countries to export … the ability of the GSP program to encourage U.S. imports from beneficiary countries. This paper estimates the impact of U ….S. tariff reductions on imports from the developing world using a panel of import data from 76 countries and 2,389 GSP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119327
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Free Zones in Turkey and Their Macroeconomic Effects
Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2003
In this paper, the author presents a simple theoretical framework to discuss the potential contributions of free trade zones on the host country. Then, he mainly concentrates on the effects of free zones in Turkey on the Turkish economy. Note: This is the revised version of the paper which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062651
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DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY AND GLOBAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION IN AGRICULTURE: A NOTE
Chaudhuri, Sarbajit - EconWPA - 2005
In a production structure reasonable for a developing economy this note shows that there may arise a conflict between the worldwide liberalized trade policies in agriculture, which raise the price of the economy’s primary exportable commodity, and the inflow of foreign capital into the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556491
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Monitor koffie. Overproductie drukt koffieprijs
Haas, Ralph de - EconWPA - 2002
The current slump in world coffee prices is mainly due to a structural oversupply. Instead of introducing price measures, measures aimed at reducing this excess supply would be a more efficient method of increasing coffee producers'incomes.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062639
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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in Nepal A Computable General Equilibrium Micro Simulation Analysis
Cockburn, John - EconWPA - 2004
Concern is growing regarding the poverty impacts of trade liberalization. The strong general equilibrium effects of trade liberalization can only be properly analysed in a CGE model. However, the aggregate nature of CGE models is not suited to detailed poverty analysis. We bridge this gap by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407655
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Korea and the World Trade Organization: Problems and Prospects
McGee, Robert W.; Yoon, Yeomin - EconWPA - 1998
The World Trade Organization, which came into existence at the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, is in charge of administering a plethora of new trade rules. The main thrust of the new rules is to reduce or abolish tariffs and quotas on a wide range of products. Some tariffs and quotas were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408063
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EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES: AN INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE AFTER DOHA
Bonaglia, Federico; Fukasaku, Kichiro - EconWPA - 2003
This paper discusses major policy issues related to commodity dependence and export diversification in low-income countries. Contrary to some widely-held view, it argues that natural resources are not necessarily a ‘curse’ that condemns low-income countries to underdevelopment but can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005555981
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Trade Policies in Central Asia after EU Enlargement and before Russian WTO accession: Regionalism and Integration into the world economy.
Pomfret, Richard - EconWPA - 2005
This paper analyses the choices between regionalism and multilateralism, and the impact of WTO membership on the five Central Asian countries. The two main sections analyse (1) why the large number of regional trade agreements which the Central Asian countries have signed have had little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556162
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Impact of U.S. Tariffs on Democratic Vote Share
Yu, Miaojie - EconWPA - 2005
This paper provides evidence on an amended Mayer-Heckscher-Ohlin model with parties by studying the effects of U.S. tariffs on the Democratic vote share. The effects are estimated with fixed effects and Two-Stage Least Squares based on data from the House of Representatives from the years 1982...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556442
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Electoral Competiton and Optimal Tariffs
Yu, Miaojie - EconWPA - 2005
I show that the unique Nash equilibrium of a model of political competition between two parties in a Heckscher-Ohlin setting entails differentiated trade policies, with a party proposing a high tariff, and the other one a low one. The basic departure from a median voter model is the introduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556444