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Corruption in customs
Chalendard, Cyril; Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Raballand, … - 2021
This paper presents a new methodology to detect corruption in customs and applies it to Madagascar’s main port … the approach, but also triggered a novel manifestation of manipulation that rejuvenated systemic corruption. Tax revenue … losses associated with the corruption scheme are approximately 3 percent of total taxes collected and highly concentrated …
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Containing tariff evasion
Anne, Clement; Chalendard, Cyril; Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2023
To identify transactions at risk of tariff evasion, this paper matches export transaction data from France with import transaction data from Madagascar using container identifiers. Reporting discrepancies between exporters and importers are prevalent but small, with over two-fifths of importers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014435265
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Making (small) firms happy : the heterogeneous effect of trade facilitation measures
Fontagné, Lionel; Orefice, Gianluca; Piermartini, Roberta - 2016
procedures mainly benefit small firms, the simplification of documents and automation tend to favor large firms' trade. This is … particular), other chapters in the TFA reduce the scope for corruption at borders, making large firms less reluctant to serve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475032
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Putting Canada in the penalty box : trade and welfare effects of eliminating NAFTA
Baier, Scott L.; Bergstrand, Jeffrey H.; Bruno, John P. - 2019
Three years ago, very few economists would have imagined that one of the newest and fastest growing research areas in international trade is the use of quantitative trade models to estimate the economic welfare losses from dissolutions of major countries' economic integration agreements (EIAs)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012026353
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Tariff bindings and the dynamic formation of Preferential Trade Agreements
Lake, James; Nken, Moïse; Yildiz, Halis Murat - 2019
We show that multilateral tariff binding liberalization substantially impacts the nature and extent of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) formation. First, it shapes the nature of forces constraining expansion of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The constraining force is a free riding incentive of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029164
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On the widely differing effects of free trade agreements : lessons from twenty years of trade integration
Baier, Scott L.; Yotov, Yoto V.; Zylkin, Thomas - 2016
We develop a novel two-stage methodology that allows us to study the empirical determinants of the ex post effects of past free trade agreements (FTAs) as well as obtain ex ante predictions for the effects of future FTAs. We first identify 908 unique estimates of the effects of FTAs on different...
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Competing liberalizations : tariffs and trade in the 21st century
Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Guimbard, Houssein; Jean, … - 2016
This paper proposes a unique overview of trade policies trends since the launch of the Doha Round, based on detailed data on tariffs and trade covering 130 countries. We show that regionalism has delivered limited effective liberalization so far, leading to only a 0.3 percentage point (p.p.) cut...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496864
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Transatlantic free trade : the view point of Germany
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Aichele, Rahel - 2014
The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have strong economic effects on Germany. In this paper, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469280
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Free trade agreements and the consolidation of democracy
Liu, Xuepeng; Ornelas, Emanuel - 2013
We study the relationship between participation in free trade agreements (FTAs) and the sustainability of democracy. Our model shows that FTAs can critically reduce the incentive of authoritarian groups to seek power by destroying protectionist rents, thus making democracies last longer. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009702886
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Intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins in trade agreements
Ornelas, Emanuel; Tovar, Patricia - 2021
to a customs union (where members coordinate external tariffs). Moreover, in customs unions (but not necessarily in free …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603023