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Methods for ex ante economic evaluation of free trade agreements
Cheong, David - 2010
This paper provides practical techniques to policymakers for evaluating the potential economic effects of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). To this end, the paper discusses how to apply three methods: (i) trade indicators, (ii) SMART (Software for Market Analysis and Restrictions on Trade) in WITS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283437
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Privatization and the Unusual Case of Belarusian Accession to the WTO
Balistreri, Edward J. - 2017
The accession negotiations of Belarus to the WTO are unusual since, due to its obligations in the Eurasian Economic Union, WTO accession is not expected to impact its tariffs or formerly substantial trade distorting agricultural subsidies. Nonetheless, we estimate that WTO accession will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962021
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Privatization and the Unusual Case of Belarusian Accession to the WTO
Balistreri, Edward J. - 2016
The accession negotiations of Belarus to the WTO are unusual since, due to its obligations in the Eurasian Economic Union, WTO accession is not expected to impact its tariffs or formerly substantial trade distorting agricultural subsidies. Nonetheless, we estimate that WTO accession will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983841
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Gmos, Trade Policy, and Welfare in Rich and Poor Countries
Nielsen, Chantal; Anderson, Kym - 2012
The new agricultural biotechnologies that are generating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are seen as exciting and valuable developments by many people who recognise the improvements in production efficiency that they offer. Others, however, are objecting strongly to their use. Both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154637
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Welfare and Poverty Impacts of Tariff Reforms in Bangladesh : A General Equilibrium Approach
Bazlul, H. Khondker; Mujeri, Mustafa; Raihan, Selim - 2007
This paper examined welfare and poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Bangladesh. By using a computable general equilibrium model based on a social accounting matrix, an empirical investigation of the transmission channels linking trade liberalisation to the rest of the economy was carried...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050736
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Estimating Distribution Costs with the Eaton-Kortum Model
Yang, Xuebing - 2012
In this work we use an augmented Eaton-Kortum model to estimate the distribution costs of a group of consumption goods for 60 countries. Our results accord well with the distribution costs derived directly from the input-output tables for a slightly different group of goods. Our counterfactual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109405
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Agriculture and food security in Asia by 2030
Anderson, Kym; Strutt, Anna - 2012
Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei,China from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397264
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Agriculture and food security in Asia by 2030
Anderson, Kym; Strutt, Anna - 2012
Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei,China from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558515
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Agriculture and Food Security in Asia by 2030
Anderson, Kym - 2013
Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei, China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090653
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Genetically Modified Rice Adoption : Implications for Welfare and Poverty Alleviation
Anderson, Kym - 2016
adopting both types of innovation in Asia, including its impact on rice producers and other consumers. They do so using the … the productivity of unskilled workers among Asia's poor.This paper - a product of the Trade Team, Development Research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012749078