Are Trade Preferences a Panacea? The Export Impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act

Does “infant industry” preferential access durably boost exports? Using country-product-year data for 1992–2017 and triple-differences regressions, we show that the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) enhanced apparel exports of African countries on average. But the impact leveled off aft...

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Main Authors: Fernandes, Ana M., Forero, Alejandro, Maemir, Hibret, Mattoo, Aaditya
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/685341550595914166/Are-Trade-Preferences-a-Panacea-The-African-Growth-and-Opportunity-Act-and-African-Exports
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31316