Estevadeordal, Antoni, Freund, Caroline and Ornelas, Emanuel (2008) Does regionalism affect trade liberalization toward non-members? Quarterly journal of economics, 123 (4). pp. 1531-1575. ISSN 0033-5533
Abstract
We examine the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on applied most-favored nation (MFN) tariffs and bilateral preferences for ten Latin American countries from 1990 to 2001. We find that preferential tariff reduction in a given sector leads to a reduction in the external (MFN) tariff in that sector. External liberalization is greater if preferences are granted to important suppliers. However, these “complementarity effects” of preferential liberalization on external liberalization do not arise in customs unions. Overall, our results suggest that concerns about a negative effect of preferential liberalization on external trade liberalization are unfounded.
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| Official URL: | http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 Oxford University Press |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations; International Trade Organizations F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F15 - Economic Integration |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Managerial Economics and Strategy Group Departments > Management Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/37050/ |
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