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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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Trade liberalization and credit constraints: Why opening up may fail to promote convergence
Peters, Katrin; Schnitzer, Monika - 2012
productivity gap widens. Simulations show that the welfare gap widens too. Opening up without sufficient access to external funding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333786
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Trade liberalization, industry concentration and female workers: The case of Egypt
AlAzzawi, Shireen - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-30
The gender wage gap increased significantly in Egypt over the last two decades, while female labor force participation rates have steadily declined. This study investigates the relationship between women's labor market outcomes in the manufacturing sector, the degree of industry concentration,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606553
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Assessing EU concessions for service trade liberalization in the Doha Round: What frequency indices suggest
Langhammer, Rolf J. - 2003
While the EU is a customs union in merchandise trade (goods), it has not yet reached this stage of integration in service trade. How far the EU is from a customs union in service trade is very difficult to assess because of the nonquantitative nature of trade restrictions in this sector. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277718
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Intergenerational effects of trade liberalization
Artuç, Erhan - 2009
2002 Pew Global Attitudes survey shows that workers' support for free trade decreases with age. The relation between age and supporting free trade is a phenomenon previously unexplored by economists. We study distributional effects of trade liberalization, in particular age and gains from free...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670139
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The margins of US trade (long version)
Bernard, Andrew B.; Jensen, J. Bradford; Redding, Stephen; … - 2009 - Rev.
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 U.S. trade statistics to provide a broad overview...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003930542
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The impact of free trade agreements on business activity : a survey of firms in the People's Republic of China
Zhang, Yunling - 2010
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major player in the global economy and considers free trade agreements (FTAs) an important part of its global trading strategy. The PRC’s export industries are embedded in existing regional and global production networks and are reliant on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732272
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Trade liberalization and credit constraints : why opening up may fail to promote convergence
Peters, Katrin; Schnitzer, Monika - 2012
productivity gap widens. Simulations show that the welfare gap widens too. Opening up without sufficient access to external funding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571627