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Encouraging Trade Liberalization : Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Foreign Aid as Prize
Nanivajo, Malokele; Lahiri, Sajal - 2011
We examine how foreign aid can be used to induce a recipient country to engage in trade-policy reforms. First, we develop a two-country and two-period theoretical model where the donor's promise of aid in period 2 depends on the recipient's chosen tariff in period 1. Without aid, optimal tariff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014180060
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Formula approaches for market access negotiations
Francois, Joseph F.; Martin, Will - 2002
Most of the large tariff reductions achieved in multilateral tradenegotiations have involved tariff-cutting formulas such as the Swissformula. However, wide variations in initial tariff rates between activeparticipants call for new approaches under the Doha Development Agenda.This paper surveys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327823
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On the heterogeneous trade and welfare effects of GATT/WTO membership
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Yalçin, Erdal; … - 2022
We quantify the partial and general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive … database covering manufacturing trade for 186 countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO … more. Using these estimates, we simulate the general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013162399
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On the heterogeneous trade and welfare effects of GATT/WTO membership
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Yalçin, Erdal; … - 2020
equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 … countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO membership on trade among member counties is … general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and heterogeneous across members, and relatively small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269824
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On the heterogenous trade and welfare effects of GATT/WTO membership
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Yalçin, Erdal; … - 2022
We quantify the partial and general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive … database covering manufacturing trade for 186 countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO … more. Using these estimates, we simulate the general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014335080
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A Globalist Manifesto for Public Policy
Calomiris, Charles W. - 2011
The worldwide trend towards privatisation, liberalisation and globalisation has produced substantial economic benefits. Nevertheless, liberalisation has had its shortcomings and there are potential threats to further progress, including in particular an anti-liberalisation backlash. Continuing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014026087
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Disentangling the wage impacts of offshoring on a developing country : theory and policy
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2016
The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a parsimonious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480815
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Regulatory Protection and the Role of International Cooperation
Mei, Yuan - 2019
Domestic regulations that impede international trade have become a central concern in contemporary trade negotiations. In this paper, I develop a general-equilibrium framework to analyze the welfare consequences of product regulations and their international harmonization. In my model, raising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893905
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Disentangling the Wage Impacts of Offshoring on a Developing Country : Theory and Policy
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2016
The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a parsimonious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012988463
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Disentangling the Wage Impacts of Offshoring on a Developing Country : Theory and Policy
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu - 2016
The various channels through which a reduction in the cost of offshoring can improve wages in a developed country are by now well understood. But does a similar reduction in the offshoring cost also benefit workers in the world's factories in developing countries? Using a parsimonious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989829