Trade liberalization and trade preferences / Michael Michaely.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michaely, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commercial policy.

Free trade.

International trade.

Tariff preferences.

Trade regulation.

Physical Description:

vi, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]

Contents:

Chapter 2 Goods vs. Factors: When Borders Open, Who Moves? 4

Theoretical Considerations 5

The Assessment of Movements in the Two Markets 10

An Illustration: Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza 13

Annex Production of Exportables and Importables under the Two Types of Exchange 20

Chapter 3 The Pattern of Removal of Trade Barriers 25

The Issues 25

"Redundancy" of Tariffs 25

Methods of Tariff Reduction 27

The Imposition of Tariffs on Inputs 30

Industrial Structure and the Order of Removal of Barriers 33

Chapter 4 Preferential Trade Agreements versus Free Trade 42

An Analytical Framework: The Sources of Loss 42

The Impact of Economic Attributes 44

Chapter 5 Partners to a Preferential Trade Agreement: Implications of Varying Size 50

Analysis of Welfare Implication 51

Application 55

Chapter 6 Small Economies: Trade Liberalization, Trade Preferences and Growth 63

Economic Attributes and Performance of Small Countries 63

Trade Liberalization in a Small Economy 70

The Small Country in a Preferential Trade Agreement 80

Chapter 7 Proximity, Partnership to Trade Preferences, and the Impact of Liberalization 98

Proximity and the Choice of Partners 98

Proximity and Trade Expansion Following Liberalization 103

Chapter 8 Preferential Agreements and Past Trade Patterns 110

"Historical" Trade and Partnership in a PTA 110

General Liberalization and a PTA: The Order of Introduction 115

Chapter 9 Ex-Ante Assessment of a Preferential Agreement: Methods 119

Clarification of Criteria and Indication for Measurement 120

Indices of Assessment 125

Chapter 10 Ex-Ante Assessment of a Preferential Agreement: An Application to Latin America 138

The Initial Level of Tariffs 138

Shares of Intra-Regional Trade 142

Diversity of Economies 144

Compatibility of Trade Flows 145

Chapter 11 Assessing the Bias in Trade Expansion Following a Preferential Agreement 157

Indices of Trade Performance 158

Biased Trade Expansion in the Andean-Pact Trade 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-175) and index.

ISBN:

0754637964

OCLC:

52948799