This paper proposes a unique overview of trade policies since 2001, based on detailed data on tariffs and trade covering 130 countries. It shows that regionalism has delivered limited liberalization, representing only a 0.3 percentage point (p.p.) cut in the worldwide average applied tariff between 2001 and 2013. WTO commitments (1.0 p.p. average cut) and unilateral liberalizations on a most-favored-nation basis (1.3 p.p.) mattered far more. The study also shows that GVC participation was a powerful motivation underlying tariff liberalizations, including those carried out at governments’ own initiative. The paper finally assess that recent trade policy changes more than halved the worldwide welfare gains expected from multilateral tariff-cu...
This chapter surveys empirically the broad features of trade policy in goods for 31 major economies ...
Recent research suggests that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor t...
This paper develops a model of ongoing trade liberalization as a self-enforcing equilibrium in a gam...
This paper proposes a unique overview of trade policies since 2001, based on detailed data on tariff...
This paper posits a formal political economy model where the principle of reciprocity in multilatera...
This paper posits a formal political economy model where the principle of reciprocity in multilatera...
We examine the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on...
In recent years, preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have proliferated rapidly, creating a spaghett...
Recent research suggests that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor t...
This paper develops a general equilibrium model with transaction costs and endogenous and exogenous ...
This paper deals with preferential trading agreements (known also as regional trade arrangements) a...
We examine the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on...
This doctoral thesis contributes to a growing strand of literature on the nature and causes of trade...
International audienceThis paper investigates how tariff liberalization has affected exporting at th...
Recent research suggests that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor t...
This chapter surveys empirically the broad features of trade policy in goods for 31 major economies ...
Recent research suggests that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor t...
This paper develops a model of ongoing trade liberalization as a self-enforcing equilibrium in a gam...
This paper proposes a unique overview of trade policies since 2001, based on detailed data on tariff...
This paper posits a formal political economy model where the principle of reciprocity in multilatera...
This paper posits a formal political economy model where the principle of reciprocity in multilatera...
We examine the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on...
In recent years, preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have proliferated rapidly, creating a spaghett...
Recent research suggests that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor t...
This paper develops a general equilibrium model with transaction costs and endogenous and exogenous ...
This paper deals with preferential trading agreements (known also as regional trade arrangements) a...
We examine the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on...
This doctoral thesis contributes to a growing strand of literature on the nature and causes of trade...
International audienceThis paper investigates how tariff liberalization has affected exporting at th...
Recent research suggests that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor t...
This chapter surveys empirically the broad features of trade policy in goods for 31 major economies ...
Recent research suggests that membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its predecessor t...
This paper develops a model of ongoing trade liberalization as a self-enforcing equilibrium in a gam...