This article analyses the trade impact of preferential trade agreements (PTA). We firstly revisit the literature using a “traditional gravity” setting extended to rely on detailed data at the sector level (26 ISIC industries), using a panel of more than 100 countries between...

At the initiative of the Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII), the Bank of France’s Foundation for Research, and the Institut d’Economie publique of the University of Aix-Marseille (IDEP), a new forum to discuss economic policy was established. The first...

Apres l’echec retentissant de Seattle, la Ministerielle de Doha (novembre 2001) a permis de lancer un cycle de negociations commerciales susceptibles de faire avancer un certain nombre de dossiers importants, tout en tentant d’apporter des reponses aux questions posees par la societe civile...

[fre] La stratégie internationale des firmes comporte deux choix distincts : intégrer ou impartir d'une part, localiser d'autre part. La délocalisation des activités productives peut être interprétée à partir de la notion d'« avantages spécifiques ». L'impartition internationale a,...

This paper analyzes how multi-product firms adjust their exported product-mix across desti- nations. Using cross sections of Italian and French data, we show that firms do not follow a rigid ordering in their product mix exported in different markets but rather they adapt their choices to better...

In this paper, we derive then test a theoretical equation, based on rent sharing theories, linking industry wages to openness variables. This relation has three main features: 1/ it can be easily confronted to the data. 2/ it allows for both impacts of import and export variables to be properly...

In order to provide with a consistent assessment of protection across the world in 2001, the MAcMap-HS6 database includes ad valorem equivalent measure of tariff duties and tariff rate quotas for 163 countries and 208 partners, at the six-digit level of the Harmonized System (5,111 products),...

The paper provides an analysis of the structure and the importance of SPS and TBT measures in agricultural trade and tries to identify the division between genuine protection of consumers, flora and fauna and non tariff barriers. The paper covers all notifying countries and products at the HS6...

This paper proposes studying export frequency of firms. While extensive margins of products and destination define the scope of firm's export, export shipment frequency is determined by sale method choice and cost structure of the trade technology. Exporters optimize the frequency of...

Recent years have seen a surge in economic integration agreements (EIAs) and the development of non-tariff measures (NTMs). As a consequence, a growing number of EIAs include provisions on NTMs. However, little attention has been given in the literature to the effects of NTM liberalization in...