Trade Preferences to Small Developing Countries and the Welfare Costs of Lost Multilateral Liberalization

The proliferation of preferential trade liberalization over the past 20 years has raised the question of whether it slows down multilateral trade liberalization. Recent theoretical and empirical evidence indicates this is the case even for unilateral preferences that industrial countries provide to...

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Main Authors:	Limão, Nuno, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE APPAREL APPAREL PRODUCTS AVERAGE TARIFF BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BARGAINING POWER BENCHMARK CD COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE POSITION DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEMAND ELASTICITY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIRECT TRANSFERS DUTY FREE DUTY-FREE ACCESS DYNAMIC GAINS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM MODEL EXPORT DATA EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PRICE EXPORT QUANTITIES EXPORT REVENUE EXPORT SUPPLY EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FREE ACCESS FREER TRADE GATT/WTO GDP GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES HUMAN RIGHTS IMPORT DEMAND IMPORT QUANTITIES IMPORT SIDE IMPORT SUBSIDY IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME EFFECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERNATIONAL TRADE LDCS LEGISLATION MARGINAL BENEFIT MARGINAL UTILITY MARKET ACCESS MFN TARIFFS MOST-FAVORED-NATION MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION MULTILATERAL TARIFFS MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS NEGOTIATING PARTIES NEGOTIATION RESOURCES NET EXPORTS NON-TRADE ISSUES OPPORTUNITY COST POLITICAL ECONOMY PREFERENCE EROSION PREFERENCE SCHEMES PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT PREFERENTIAL LIBERALIZATION PREFERENTIAL MARGIN PREFERENTIAL MARGINS PREFERENTIAL SCHEME PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PREFERENTIAL TARIFF MARGIN PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PREFERENTIAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE EFFECTS PRICE SUPPORT PRODUCERS PRODUCTS ORIGINATING REGIONAL BLOC RULES OF ORIGIN SCALE EFFECT TARIFF CONCESSIONS TARIFF DATA TARIFF LIBERALIZATION TARIFF LINES TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF REVENUE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DATA TRADE DIVERSION TRADE EFFECT TRADE EFFECTS TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE VOLUMES TRADING PARTNERS TRADING SYSTEM UNILATERAL PREFERENCE PROGRAMS UNILATERAL PREFERENCES UNILATERAL TRADE URUGUAY ROUND WEIGHTED TARIFF WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE GAINS WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS WORLD PRICE WORLD PRICES WORLD TRADE WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5752850/trade-preferences-small-developing-countries-welfare-costs-lost-multilateral-liberalization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9022

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5752850/trade-preferences-small-developing-countries-welfare-costs-lost-multilateral-liberalization
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9022

Trade Preferences to Small Developing Countries and the Welfare Costs of Lost Multilateral Liberalization

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