We analyse the impact of relaxing rules of origin (ROOs) in a simple setting with heterogeneous firms that buy intermediate inputs from domestic and foreign sources. In particular, we consider the impact of switching from bilateral to diagonal cumulation when using preferences (instead of paying...

Despite the predominately negative evidence of the impact of local content requirements on trade, they continue to play a significant role in trade policy. This has been particularly true since the financial crisis of 2008. The work presented here provides new evidence of the detrimental effects...

This paper aims to examine quantitative and qualitative aspects of trade flows of the Western Balkan Countries (WBCs) and to assess appropriateness of EU trade policy arrangements with respect to the system of cumulation of rules of origin towards the WBCs in the past decade. Due to bilateral...

Country-of-origin (COO) effect has fast become a significant phenomenon in international business studies. Despite this fact, very little research conducted in the past has looked at how the COO effect has influenced consumers in South Africa. This study investigates the COO effect on South...

This paper seeks to explore the relationship between the rules of origin (ROO) governing preferential trade regimes and trade and investment flows. We focus on the regimes in the key markets of the EU and the US. Firstly we look at overall imports, where we do not find liberal ROO to be a key...

Rules of origin (ROO) have emerged as an area in which consensus is hard to achieve among negotiating countries within an RTA. Disagreements over rules of origin have often deferred the implementation of several trade agreements. One of the reasons for this is because ROO are viewed as those...