Formulas for Failure? : Were the Doha Tariff Formulas Too Ambitious for Success?

This paper views tariff-cutting formulas as a potential solution to the free-rider problem that arises when market opening is negotiated bilaterally and extended on a most-favored-nation basis. The negotiators in the Doha Agenda chose formulas that...

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Main Authors: Laborde, David, Martin, Will
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24619553/formulas-failure-doha-tariff-formulas-too-ambitious-success
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22176