In diesem Beitrag werden erste Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung der Zollkontingente, die im Zuge der Uruguay Runde von der Europäischen Union eingeführt wurden, vorgestellt. Eine systematische Analyse, die die entscheidenden Parameter und Variablen zu beziffern und zu aggregieren versucht,...

At the Uruguay Round, tariff rate quotas (TRQs) were intended to serve two purposes: first, to prevent that tariffication would lead - at least on the short term - to a deterioration of market access and second, to create new, minimum market access. The since then observed fill rates do not...

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....