The Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on Georgia's Exporters : A Firm-Level Analysis

This paper assesses the trade impact of regional trade agreements signed by Georgia. Using information from the World Bank’s Deep Trade Agreements database and the Exporters’ Dynamics Database for Georgia for 2000–20, the paper tests the effect of...

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Main Authors:	Neri-Laine, Matteo, Orefice, Gianluca, Ruta, Michele
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRADE BARRIERS GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN DEEP TRADE AGREEMENT FIRM HETEROGENEITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/803451631042393978/The-Impact-of-Regional-Trade-Agreements-on-Georgias-Exporters-A-Firm-Level-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36241

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spelling	okr-10986-362412021-09-10T05:10:41Z The Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on Georgia's Exporters : A Firm-Level Analysis Neri-Laine, Matteo Orefice, Gianluca Ruta, Michele REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRADE BARRIERS GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN DEEP TRADE AGREEMENT FIRM HETEROGENEITY This paper assesses the trade impact of regional trade agreements signed by Georgia. Using information from the World Bank’s Deep Trade Agreements database and the Exporters’ Dynamics Database for Georgia for 2000–20, the paper tests the effect of regional trade agreements on the performance of Georgian exporters. The results show that the depth of regional trade agreements has a positive effect on the exports of firms, and the more so if trade agreements include legally enforceable provisions. Interestingly, the effect of regional trade agreements is not homogeneous across exporters with different characteristics. While large exporters and firms participating in global value chains benefit from deep trade agreements, small firms are negatively affected. Deep trade agreements have a positive effect on the probability of entry into the export market for large firms and firms in global value chains. 2021-09-09T14:02:39Z 2021-09-09T14:02:39Z 2021-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/803451631042393978/The-Impact-of-Regional-Trade-Agreements-on-Georgias-Exporters-A-Firm-Level-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36241 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9768 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Georgia
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spellingShingle	REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS TRADE AND INVESTMENT TRADE BARRIERS GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN DEEP TRADE AGREEMENT FIRM HETEROGENEITY Neri-Laine, Matteo Orefice, Gianluca Ruta, Michele The Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on Georgia's Exporters : A Firm-Level Analysis
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description	This paper assesses the trade impact of regional trade agreements signed by Georgia. Using information from the World Bank’s Deep Trade Agreements database and the Exporters’ Dynamics Database for Georgia for 2000–20, the paper tests the effect of regional trade agreements on the performance of Georgian exporters. The results show that the depth of regional trade agreements has a positive effect on the exports of firms, and the more so if trade agreements include legally enforceable provisions. Interestingly, the effect of regional trade agreements is not homogeneous across exporters with different characteristics. While large exporters and firms participating in global value chains benefit from deep trade agreements, small firms are negatively affected. Deep trade agreements have a positive effect on the probability of entry into the export market for large firms and firms in global value chains.
format	Working Paper
author	Neri-Laine, Matteo Orefice, Gianluca Ruta, Michele
author_facet	Neri-Laine, Matteo Orefice, Gianluca Ruta, Michele
author_sort	Neri-Laine, Matteo
title	The Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on Georgia's Exporters : A Firm-Level Analysis
title_short	The Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on Georgia's Exporters : A Firm-Level Analysis
title_full	The Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on Georgia's Exporters : A Firm-Level Analysis
title_fullStr	The Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on Georgia's Exporters : A Firm-Level Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Regional Trade Agreements on Georgia's Exporters : A Firm-Level Analysis
title_sort	impact of regional trade agreements on georgia's exporters : a firm-level analysis
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/803451631042393978/The-Impact-of-Regional-Trade-Agreements-on-Georgias-Exporters-A-Firm-Level-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36241
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