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Trade Policy with Heterogeneous Traders : Do Quotas Get a Bum Rap?
Krishna, Kala - 2007
This paper considers the effects of trade policy-tariffs and quotas-when importing is done by competitive traders who … conventional ranking of tariffs and quotas is turned on its head: quotas are not as bad for welfare as previously believed, while … tariffs may restrict trade by more than originally intended. Furthermore, the allocation of property rights (quota licenses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399634
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Trade Costs, Market Integration, and Macroeconomic Volatility
Naknoi, Kanda - 2003
-country general equilibrium model, where the degree of market integration depends directly on trade costs (transport costs, tariffs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403962
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Trade Policy and Macroeconomic Balance in the World Economy
International Monetary Fund - 1988
The paper explores the relationship between trade policy and current accounts. The effect on the current account of a change in protection at home and then abroad is analyzed, assuming that the exchange rate floats. The “savings-and-investment approach” is used. It shows that there is no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396105
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Tax Credits for Debt Reduction : A Proposal
International Monetary Fund - 1989
The incentives for domestic investment in debtor countries are influenced by the terms of their external obligations and by the system of taxation utilized to provide government revenue for debt payments. It is well known that existing debt contracts could be altered to improve the incentives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396221
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Trade wars and trade deals : estimated effects using a multi-sector model
Caceres, Carlos; Cerdeiro, Diego A.; Mano, Rui C. - 2019
.S. auto tariffs. The second analyzes a 'transactional deal' between the U.S. and China to close their bilateral deficit. The … third, in the absence of such a deal, considers a potential escalation in bilateral tariffs between the two countries. Some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012102091
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Trade in the WAEMU : Developments and Reform Opportunities
Weisfeld, Hans - 2008
This paper provides an overview of trade reform in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) since 1996 and a quantitative assessment of potential effects on trade patterns and tariff revenue of the current reform agenda. Despite evidence of significant trade complementarities within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403054
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Trade in the Mashreq : An Empirical Examination
Blavy, Rodolphe - 2001
This paper provides a framework for understanding trade patterns in the Mashreq. An augmented gravity model is used to compare actual with expected levels of trade. Trade barriers, political uncertainty, and over-appreciation of domestic currencies seem to explain low levels of international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403536
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Implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya
Chandha, Rupa - 1996
This paper studies the implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya’s own trade regime and its external trading environment. The analysis indicates that Kenya did not undertake significant liberalization commitments under the Uruguay Round. There are however, several effects on Kenya’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396154
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Trade, Growth, and Poverty : A Selective Survey
Berg, Andrew - 2003
This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution for a given growth rate. Evidence from a variety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404018
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External Tariff Liberalization in Caricom : A Commodity-Level Analysis
Sadikov, Azim M. - 2008
-CARICOM countries against time and commodity-level variation in external tariffs. I find that in each country the reduction of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401756