Price Effects of Preferential Market Access: The Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Apparel Sector
Preferential trade arrangements should be evaluated by analyzing their effect on prices, rather than the total value of trade, as emphasized in the theoretical literature but rarely implemented empirically. The authors analyze the impact of the uni...
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okr-10986-141182021-04-23T14:03:20Z Price Effects of Preferential Market Access: The Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Apparel Sector Özden, Çaglar Sharma, Gunjan TRADE AGREEMENTS CARIBBEAN CARIBBEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE MARKET ACCESS TRADE PREFERENCES EXCHANGE RATES APPAREL CLOTHING TEXTILES FABRICS TARIFFS TRADE Preferential trade arrangements should be evaluated by analyzing their effect on prices, rather than the total value of trade, as emphasized in the theoretical literature but rarely implemented empirically. The authors analyze the impact of the unilateral preferences granted by the U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) on the prices received by eligible apparel exporters. They use fixed effects generalized least squares (GLS) estimation to isolate the effects of various other factors (such as quality, exchange rates, and transactions costs) and identify the effects of tariff preferences. The authors find that CBI exporters only capture around two-thirds of their preference margin, despite the fairly competitive nature of the apparel market. This translates into a 9 percent increase in the relative prices they receive, but these numbers vary across countries and years. Countries specializing in higher-value items capture more of the preference margin while implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement has a negative effect. The authors analyze the effect of Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) quotas imposed on third countries (such as China) and find that the benefits of CBI preferences will be significantly reduced once the quotas are fully removed in 2005. 2013-06-21T17:42:40Z 2013-06-21T17:42:40Z 2004-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4097589/price-effects-preferential-market-access-caribbean-basin-initiative-apparel-sector-price-effects-preferential-market-access-caribbean-basin-initiative-apparel-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14118 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3244 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean |
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TRADE AGREEMENTS CARIBBEAN CARIBBEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE MARKET ACCESS TRADE PREFERENCES EXCHANGE RATES APPAREL CLOTHING TEXTILES FABRICS TARIFFS TRADE |
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TRADE AGREEMENTS CARIBBEAN CARIBBEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE MARKET ACCESS TRADE PREFERENCES EXCHANGE RATES APPAREL CLOTHING TEXTILES FABRICS TARIFFS TRADE Özden, Çaglar Sharma, Gunjan Price Effects of Preferential Market Access: The Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Apparel Sector |
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Preferential trade arrangements should
be evaluated by analyzing their effect on prices, rather
than the total value of trade, as emphasized in the
theoretical literature but rarely implemented empirically.
The authors analyze the impact of the unilateral preferences
granted by the U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) on the
prices received by eligible apparel exporters. They use
fixed effects generalized least squares (GLS) estimation to
isolate the effects of various other factors (such as
quality, exchange rates, and transactions costs) and
identify the effects of tariff preferences. The authors find
that CBI exporters only capture around two-thirds of their
preference margin, despite the fairly competitive nature of
the apparel market. This translates into a 9 percent
increase in the relative prices they receive, but these
numbers vary across countries and years. Countries
specializing in higher-value items capture more of the
preference margin while implementation of the North American
Free Trade Agreement has a negative effect. The authors
analyze the effect of Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) quotas
imposed on third countries (such as China) and find that the
benefits of CBI preferences will be significantly reduced
once the quotas are fully removed in 2005. |
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Özden, Çaglar Sharma, Gunjan |
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Özden, Çaglar Sharma, Gunjan |
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Özden, Çaglar |
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Price Effects of Preferential Market Access: The Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Apparel Sector |
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Price Effects of Preferential Market Access: The Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Apparel Sector |
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Price Effects of Preferential Market Access: The Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Apparel Sector |
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Price Effects of Preferential Market Access: The Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Apparel Sector |
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Price Effects of Preferential Market Access: The Caribbean Basin Initiative and the Apparel Sector |
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price effects of preferential market access: the caribbean basin initiative and the apparel sector |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/4097589/price-effects-preferential-market-access-caribbean-basin-initiative-apparel-sector-price-effects-preferential-market-access-caribbean-basin-initiative-apparel-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14118 |
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