elimination, through WTO bindings, adds a further two layers, boosting both imports and exports more than equivalent unilateral … effects are sizable. The WTO Information Technology Agreement's (ITA) unique setting allows us to overcome the challenges … reforms. This commitment spurned development of a downstream IT export sector in "passive" signatories. …

implications of membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Em-ploying robust difference-in-difference specifications as well … as semi-parametric methods, we find that countries joining the WTO experience a decline in revenues from import duties … taxes. Although triggered by WTO accession, the shift towards consumption taxes, in particular to VAT, typically takes place …

-market price spreads. This is relevant for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. LNG transportation capacity is limited in the short … capture part of the price spread. We proceed to develop a method to value LNG exports under conditions of endogenous … value of LNG exports from the US to Japan. Our analysis shows that when transportation costs are correctly treated as …

. Both these agreements are governed by the WTO and have to abide by the non-discriminatory (Most-Favored Nation, MFN) clause …

2013. WTO commitments (1.0 p.p. average cut) and unilateral liberalizations on a most-favored-nation (MFN) basis (1.3 p …

equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 … countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO membership on trade among member counties is … general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and heterogeneous across members, and relatively small …