Rotunno, Lorenzo; Vézina, Pierre-Louis; Wang, Zheng - In: Journal of Development Economics 105 (2013) C, pp. 152-163
During the final years of the Multifiber Agreement (2001–2005) the US imposed quotas on Chinese apparel while it gave African apparel duty- and quota-free access. We argue that the combination of these policies led to a rapid but ephemeral rise of African exports that can be explained in part...