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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 … more. Using these estimates, we simulate the general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and … effects from joining GATT/WTO can still gain in terms of welfare, due to lower import prices and higher export demand. …
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 … general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and heterogeneous across members, and relatively small … gain in terms of welfare, due to beneficial terms-of-trade effects. …
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 … more. Using these estimates, we simulate the general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and … effects from joining GATT/WTO can still gain in terms of welfare, due to lower import prices and higher export demand. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014335080
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Geography, Competition, and Optimal Multilateral Trade Policy
Nocco, Antonella - 2019
production costs), and worse geography (in terms of more remoteness from other countries). We show that, in a global welfare … all countries, but especially in disadvantaged ones. This would not only restore efficiency but also reduce welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890733
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Effects of WTO accession on policy-making in sovereign states : preliminary lessons from the recent experience of transition countries
Bacchetta, Marc; Drábek, Zdeněk - 2002 - Manuscript date: April 2002
The purpose of the paper is to discuss the effects of WTO accession on policy-making and institutional reforms in transition countries. This is done by looking at the experience of those transition countries which are already Members of the WTO. We start by examining the effect of accession on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211073
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The redistribution of trade gains when income inequality matters
De Pinto, Marco - In: Economies : open access journal 3 (2015) 4, pp. 186-215
How does a redistribution of trade gains affect welfare when income inequality matters? To answer this question, we … unemployment benefits that are financed either by a wage tax, a payroll tax or a profit tax. Assuming that welfare declines in … income inequality, we find that welfare increases up to a maximum in the case of wage tax funding, while welfare declines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380024
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The Spatial Effects of Trade Openness : A Survey
Brülhart, Marius - 2010
This paper surveys the literature on the implications of trade liberalisation for intra-national economic geographies. Three results stand out. First, neither urban systems models nor new economic geography models imply a robust prediction on the impact of trade openness on spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195346
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Trade Liberalization and the Poor : A Framework for Poverty Reduction Policies with Special Reference to Some Asian Countries Including India
Mathur, Somesh K. - 2003
The paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on the poor through its impact on prices and incomes. A simple framework is developed which traces the impact of trade liberalization on the poor. Some guidelines are given for making trade work for the poor after identifying how the trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088835
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The Margins of US Trade
Jensen, J. Bradford - 2012
Recent research in international trade emphasizes the importance of firms' extensive margins for understanding overall patterns of trade as well as how firms respond to specific events such as trade liberalization. In this paper, we use detailed US trade statistics to provide a broad overview of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116133
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Uncertainty, Trade Integration and the Optimal Level of Protection in a Ricardian Model With a Continuum of Goods
Di Maio, Michele - 2007
This paper analyzes how increasing trade integration affects individual utility when the international specialization pattern is stochastic, i.e. when the number of varieties each country produces depends on the realization of a random variable. I employ a Ricardian continuum of goods model to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012729610