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Border and Behind-The-Border Trade Barriers and Country Exports

Sadikov, Azim M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

How do signatures required for exporting and business registration procedures affect the volume and composition of country's exports? To answer this question, I develop a model where a country can export two types of products: differentiated and homogeneous. I show that export signatures and...

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Trade Integration in the East African Community; An Assessment for Kenya

McIntyre, Meredith A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

The paper analyses the potential trade impact of the forthcoming East African Community (EAC) customs union. It examines the trade linkages among the member countries of the EAC and the extent to which the introduction of the EAC common external tariff will liberalize their trade regimes. To...

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The Impacton India of Trade Liberalization in the Textiles and Clothing Sector

Jain-Chandra, Sonali; Prasad, A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

that while Indian exports of T&C will continue to expand in the presence of the safeguards on China, they will be affected …

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Tariff-Tax Reforms in Large Economies

Tervala, Juha; Ganelli, Giovanni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper studies tariff-tax reforms in a calibrated two-region global New Keynesian model composed of a developing and an advanced region. In our baseline calibration, a revenue-neutral reform that lowers tariffs in developing countries can reduce domestic welfare. The reason is that the...

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Constraints on Trade in the MENA region

Wolde, Hirut; Bhattacharya, Rina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

In this paper we estimate gravity models to see whether trade volumes of countries in the MENA region are significantly lower than what would be expected given their economic, cultural and geographical characteristics. Our empirical results show that the variables used in standard gravity models...

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Regional Trade Arrangements in Africa; Past Performance and the Way Forward

Yang, Yongzheng; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Regional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Africa have been ineffective in promoting trade and foreign direct investment. Relatively high external trade barriers and low resource complementarity between member countries limit both intra- and extraregional trade. Small market size, poor transport...

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Measuring the Impact of Distortions in Agricultural Trade in Partial and General Equilibrium

Tokarick, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper provides quantitative estimates of the impact of removing agricultural support (both tariffs and subsidies) in partial- and general-equilibrium frameworks. The results show that agricultural support in industrial countries is highly distortionary and tariffs have a larger...

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Do South-South Trade Agreements Increase Trade? Commodity-Level Evidence from COMESA

Mayda, Anna Maria; Steinberg, Chad - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

South-South trade agreements are proliferating: Developing countries signed 70 new agreements between 1990 and 2003. Yet the impact of these agreements is largely unknown. This paper focuses on the static effects of South-South preferential trade agreements stemming from changes in trade...

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; What Are the Consequences of China's WTO Entry for India'S Trade

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

One of the most significant recent developments in world trade has been the entry of China into the World Trade … Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China's WTO accession for India's trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China's WTO entry in terms …

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Russia and the WTO; The "Gravity" of Outsider Status

Lissovolik, Yaroslav; Lissovolik, Bogdan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

With China's accession to the WTO in 2001, Russia is by far that organization's most prominent nonmember. This paper …

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