Recent rounds of GATT and later WTO have advocated widespread tariffication, meaning that existing non-tariff barriers be converted into import equivalent tariffs. From an economic point of view, the effects of such tariffication are not entirely clear. The paper presents a general equilibrium...

Die GATT- und später WTO-Runden der letzten Jahre haben eine weitgreifende Tarifizierung durchgesetzt. Das bedeutet, dass existierende nicht-tarifäre Handelsbarrieren in Volumen-äquivalente Zölle konvertiert werden. Das Motiv einer solchen Maßnahme ist eine größere Transparenz der...

We consider progressive geographical expansion of free trade zones within countries as a form of trade liberalization and compare observationally equivalent liberalization involving changes in the coverage of a free trade zone for a fixed tariff rate, and tariff reductions applying to all trade...

We consider progressive geographical expansion of free trade zones within countries as a form of trade liberalization and compare observationally equivalent liberalization involving changes in the coverage of a free trade zone for a fixed tariff rate, and tariff reductions applying to all trade...