Showing 1 - 10 of 1,940
This paper tries to assess quantitatively the role of electronic commerce in economic activity and in trade and tariff revenue collection. The share of value added that potentially lends itself to electronic trade represents around 30 percent of GDP, most importantly distribution, finance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211080
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011847825
We formulate a dynamic game model of trade in an exhaustible resource with a quantity-setting cartel. We compute the feedback Nash equilibrium and two Stackelberg equilibria under two different leadership scenarios: leadership by the strategic importing country, and leadership by the exporting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488895
We derive a simple equation for the welfare gains from trade when tariffs are liberalized or iceberg trade costs fall … the analysis of Arkolakis, Costinot and Rodriguez-Clare (2012) to encompass revenue-generating import tariffs. Our formula … countries with relatively high status quo tariffs, our formula predicts 30-60\% larger gains from trade than the icebergs only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344632
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011566049
further indicate that the market of health products is dominated by a small number of developed countries. Looking at tariffs … overall level of tariffs is low, but far from being zero, especially in the last three country groups. Finally, studying the … tariffs on health products in preferential trade agreements between developing countries, the results show that the tariff …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098974
We show in a multi-sector, heterogeneous-firm trade model that the effect of tariffs on entry, especially in the … MFN tariffs (the Uruguay Round), with two-thirds of the remainder due to preferential trade agreements and one third due … countries – would have benefited from going beyond free trade to subsidizing their imports in 1990, since their optimal tariffs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010722
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012659448
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190667