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Carrère, Céline; Fugazza, Marco; Olarreaga, Marcelo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

continuum of goods to show that trade liberalization causes higher unemployment in countries with comparative advantage in … contradicting evidence in the empirical literature on the impact of trade on unemployment. …

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Market Access for Sale: Latin America's Lobbying for US Tariff Preferences

Kee, Hiau Looi; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper assesses the foreign lobbying forces behind the tariff preferences that the United States grants to Latin American countries. The basic framework is one developed by Grossman and Helpman (1994) that is extended to explain the relationship between foreign lobbying and tariff...

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Tariff Evasion and Customs Corruption: Does PSI Help?

Anson, José; Cadot, Olivier; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper provides a new approach to the evaluation of pre-shipment inspection (PSI) programs as ways of improving tariff-revenue collection and reducing fraud when customs administrations are corrupt. We build a model highlighting the contribution of surveillance firms to the generation of...

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Information Diffusion in International Markets

Izquierdo, Alejandro; Morisset, Jacques; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Information is costly to acquire in trade and financial markets, especially across international borders. Sellers and …

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There goes gravity: how eBay reduces trade costs

Lendle, Andreas; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Schropp, Simon; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We compare the impact of distance, a standard proxy for trade costs, on eBay and offline international trade flows. We …

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Import Demand Elasticities and Trade Distortions

Kee, Hiau Looi; Nicita, Alessandro; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

estimates to construct theoretically-sound trade restrictiveness indices (TRIs) and GDP losses associated with existing tariff …

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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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Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices

Kee, Hiau Looi; Nicita, Alessandro; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

The objective of this paper is to provide indicators of trade restrictiveness that include both measures of tariff and … non-tariff barriers for 91 developing and developed countries. For each country, we estimate three trade restrictiveness … indices. The first one captures the extent to which trade policies at home affect domestic welfare. This follows the work of …

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India's Trade Policy For Sale: How Much? Who Buys?

Cadot, Olivier; Grether, Jean-Marie; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

trade protection purposes and calculates equilibrium contributions directly from the model using structural parameter …

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Reciprocity Across Modes of Supply in the WTO: A Negotiating Formula

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

The negotiations on trade in services at the WTO have so far produced little liberalization beyond levels unilaterally …

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