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Chapter 1. The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy

Bown, C.P.; Crowley, M.A. - 2016

represented 83% of the world's population and 91% of the world's GDP in 2013. We address five questions: Do some countries have …, how liberalized is world trade? Our analysis documents the extent of cross-sectional heterogeneity in applied commercial … policy barriers remain as an important feature of the world economy. …

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Missing tariffs

Teti, Feodora - 2023

Many studies use tariffs to measure changes in trade policy. This paper shows that standard sources for tariffs suffer from substantial measurement error due to misreporting and the resulting false imputation: Countries fail to report tariffs every year and missing data are more prevalent for...

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International trade in natural resources : practice and policy

Ruta, Michele; Venables, Anthony - 2012 - Manuscript date: March 2012

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to …

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International trade in natural resources : practice and policy

Ruta, Michele; Venables, Anthony - 2012

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009518238

International Trade in Natural Resources : Practice and Policy

Ruta, Michele - 2013

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091204

Infrastructure and trade

Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik; Piermartini, Roberta - 2004 - Manuscript date: August 2004

This paper explores the role that quality of infrastructure has on a country's trade performance, estimating a gravity model that incorporates bilateral tariffs and a number of indicators for the quality of infrastructure. The paper looks at the impact of the quality of infrastructure (road,...

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International Trade in Natural Resources : Practice and Policy

Ruta, Michele; Venables, Anthony J. - 2012

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014170947

The economic effects of trade policy uncertainty

Caldara, Dario; Iacoviello, Matteo; Molligo, Patrick; … - 2019

We study the effects of unexpected changes in trade policy uncertainty (TPU) on the U.S. economy. We construct three measures of TPU based on newspaper coverage, firms' earnings conference calls, and aggregate data on tari rates. We document that increases in TPU reduce investment and activity...

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The WTO and economic development

Zissimos, Benjamin (ed.) - 2019

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"Agricultural products" and "fishery products" in the GATT and WTO : a history of relevant discussions on product scope during negotiations

Pene, Cédric; Zhu, Xiaolu - 2021 - Manuscript date: 18 March 2021

The WTO Agreement on Agriculture applies to those "agricultural products" as defined in its Annex 1. This definition expressly excludes "fish and fish products" from the scope of application of the Agreement. In light of this exclusion, the paper is intended to provide a historical account of...

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