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Does globalization cause a higher concentration of international trade and investment flows?
Low, Patrick; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Suarez, Javier - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 1998
It has sometimes been argued that globalization benefits only a small number of countries, and that this leads to greater marginalization of excluded countries. This paper argues that globalization is not necessarily biased towards greater concentration in international trade and investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115061
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Substitutability and protectionism: Latin AmericaÕs trade policy and imports from China and India
Facchini, Giovanni; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri; … - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2007
This paper examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in world markets. To explain higher protection in sectors where a large share is imported from these countries, we extend the 'protection for sale' model to allow for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611270
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Substitutability and protectionism: Latin America's trade policy and imports from China and India
Facchini, Giovanni; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri; … - 2007
This paper examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in world markets. To explain higher protection in sectors where a large share is imported from these countries, we extend the protection for sale' model to allow for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264092
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Substitutability and protectionism: Latin America's trade policy and imports from China and India
Facchini, Giovanni; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri; … - 2007
This paper examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in world markets. To explain higher protection in sectors where a large share is imported from these countries, we extend the `protection for sale' model to allow for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296272
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Does globalization cause a higher concentration of international trade and investment flows?
Low, Patrick; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Suarez, Javier - 1998
It has sometimes been argued that globalization benefits only a small number of countries, and that this leads to greater marginalization of excluded countries. This paper argues that globalization is not necessarily biased towards greater concentration in international trade and investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330166
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Substitutability and Protectionism: Latin America’s Trade Policy and Imports from China and India
Facchini, Giovanni; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri A.; … - CESifo - 2007
This paper examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in world markets. To explain higher protection in sectors where a large share is imported from these countries, we extend the ‘protection for sale’ model to allow for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765925
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Unrestricted Market Access for Sub-Saharan Africa: How Much is it Worth and Who Pays?
Ianchovichina, Elena; Mattoo, Aaditya; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
Initiatives to improve market access for the poorest countries have recently been announced by the European Union, Japan and the United States. This Paper assesses the impact on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) of these initiatives and others that might be taken. We find that fully unrestricted access...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791981
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Endogenous Tariff Formation: The Case of Mercosur
Olarreaga, Marcelo; Soloaga, Isidro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper confronts the results of the endogenous tariff literature with MERCOSUR (Mercado Comun del Sur, literally …, ‘the Common Market of the Southern Cone’) evidence. It is shown that MERCOSUR’s common external tariff (CET), and member … endogenous tariff literature. If political economy viability is a key to success, then MERCOSUR is here to stay. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792235
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The Protectionist Bias of Duty Drawbacks and the New Regionalism
Cadot, Olivier; de Melo, Jaime; Olarreaga, Marcelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
turn decreases their incentives to counter-lobby against high tariff on their inputs. In equilibrium, higher tariffs will … counter-lobbying by users of intermediate products. In its absence the common external tariff would have been on average 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792407
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Substitutability and Protectionism: Latin America’s Trade Policy and Imports from China and India
Facchini, Giovanni; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Silva, Peri; … - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2007
This paper examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in world markets. To explain higher protection in sectors where a large share is imported from these countries, we extend the `protection for sale\' model to allow for di®erent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357808