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) model. The paper estimates the potential gains to be large, particularly for South Asia, assuming that the policy- and … attainable — welfare in South Asia and Southeast Asia would rise by 8.9% and 6.4% of gross domestic product, respectively, by … Asia, whose exports would rise by two thirds (64% relative to the baseline). Hence, the paper concludes that improvements …
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What can further market integration contribute to growth and employment? A series of hypothetical trade reform scenarios explores what countries at different levels of development can expect to gain from reforming tariffs, non-tariff barriers, trade facilitation and domestic support to...
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The establishment of the currently negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and Ukraine is the next … literature by analyzing the effects of the EU-Ukraine FTA taking into account the loss of tariff revenues as well as the changed …
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Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly competitive services sectors, the literature has not established conditions under which these agreements are beneficial or harmful. The authors fill that void by developing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288486
In this paper the authors develop an innovative 21 sector computable general equilibrium model of Armenia to assess the impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or multilateral trade policy commitments. They find that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009406930
In this paper the authors develop an innovative 21 sector computable general equilibrium model of Armenia to assess the impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or multilateral trade policy commitments. The authors find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269291
Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly competitive services sectors, the literature has not established conditions under which these agreements are beneficial or harmful. The authors fill that void by developing a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386602
In this paper the authors develop an innovative 21 sector computable general equilibrium model of Armenia to assess the impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or multilateral trade policy commitments. The authors find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117411
This working paper draws on historical and contemporary data on tariffs, non tariff barriers, and transportation costs (for the United States and its major trading partners) to estimate the role of policy liberalization in US merchandise trade growth over the period 1980 to 2006. Both partial...
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In this paper the authors develop an innovative 21 sector computable general equilibrium model of Armenia to assess the impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or multilateral trade policy commitments. They find that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210332