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Tariff rate quotas and the economic impacts of agricultural trade liberalization in the WTO
Herrmann, Roland; Kramb, Marc; Mönnich, Christina - Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und … - 2000
Since their implementation at the Uruguay Round, tariff rate quotas (TRQs) have become a widely used instrument of trade policy in agricultural trade. With almost 1300 TRQs scheduled at the WTO, it seems worthwhile to examine their economic effects more closely. This is what this paper does....
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I’ve Been Everywhere (Except Mexico): Investor Responses to NAFTA’s Cross-Border Trucking Provisions
Davies, Ronald B; Liebman, Benjamin H; Tomlin, Kasaundra - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2015
We investigate the response of US trucking firms to the removal of barriers to crossborder trucking under NAFTA. This was done via a program implemented in 2007, cancelled in 2009, and reinstated in 2011. We find that, unsurprisingly, the program’s start resulted in lower stock returns,...
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Is TRIPS suffering from Big Giant’s Syndrome: Good Economics versus Self Interest?
Dawood, Mamoon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
The paper discusses TRIPS as a protection measure on knowledge and new technologies through property rights and … analyses the Southern concern if protection of new technologies by means of TRIPS may mean that South can no longer imitate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789959
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Assessing Market Access: Do Developing Countries Really Get a Preferential Treatment?
Antimiani, Alessandro; Conforti, Piero; Salvatici, Luca - Dipartimento di Economia, Gestione, Società e … - 2007
theoretically consistent protection indexes using a comparative static applied general equilibrium model (Global Trade Analysis … Project – GTAP) featuring imperfect competition. We construct bilateral indicators of protection focused on the applied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005178345
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WTO Negociations on Market Access in Agriculture: a Comparison of alternative Tariff Cut Proposals for the EU and the US
Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Salvatici, Luca - Économie Publique, Département Sciences Sociales, … - 2003
This paper provides a summary measure of the possible new commitments in the area of agricultural market access undertaken by the European Union and the United States, using the Trade Restrictiveness Index (TRI) as the tariff aggregator. Indicators such as the TRI, based on welfare theory,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010733797
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Measuring Restrictiveness of Bilateral Trade Policies: A Comparison between Developed and Developing Countries
Antimiani, Alessandro; Conforti, Piero; Salvatici, Luca - In: Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv) 144 (2008) 2, pp. 207-224
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WTO Negotiations on Market Access in Agriculture: a Comparison of Alternative Tariff Cut Proposals for the EU and the US
Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Salvatici, Luca - In: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 4 (2004) 1, pp. 1152-1152
This paper provides a summary measure of the possible new commitments in the area of agricultural market access undertaken by the European Union and the United States, using the Trade Restrictiveness Index (TRI) as the tariff aggregator. We take the 2001 bound tariffs as the starting point and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005579696
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Política tributaria como instrumento competitivo para captar la inversión extranjera directa: Caso de América Latina
Parra, Fernando Mesa; Peña, Rafael Isidro Parra - DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE PLANEACIÓN - 2006
Dos países con diferentes niveles de productividad, compiten por la inversión de una empresa transnacional (ET), cuya producción se exportará a un tercer mercado. El país que no es receptor de la inversión extranjera directa (IED) tiene la opción de que una empresa doméstica obtenga...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005603891
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EU Trade Policies: Benchmarking Protection in a General Equilibrium Framework
Antimiani, Alessandro; Salvatici, Luca - TRADEAG - Agricultural Trade Agreements - 2005
protection based on the applied tariffs faced by each exporter. In order to do this, an index of trade policy restrictiveness is … computed, using the Mercantilistic Trade Restrictiveness Index as the tariff aggregator. We also analyze the protection granted … to each sector by the existing tariff structure. In this report, we compute effective rates of protection that overcome …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005468401
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Not in Your Backyard? Selective Tariff Cuts for Environmentally Preferable Products
Estelle, Gozlan; Ramos, Maria Priscila - TRADEAG - Agricultural Trade Agreements - 2007
Current negotiations at the WTO’s Committee on Trade and Environment have made it conceivable that WTO members agree on selective tariff cuts for certain Environmentally Preferable Products, in an attempt to combine gains from trade and from cleaner production/consumption. This raises...
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