Quantitative methods for assessing the effects of non-tariff measures and trade facilitation / editors, Philippa Dee, Michael Ferrantino.

"Papers ... originally presented at an APEC capacity-building workshop on quantitative methods for assessing non-tariff measures and trade facilitation, held in Bangkok on 8-10 October 2003"--Ackn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

As tariffs have fallen worldwide, the increasing importance of non-tariff policies for further trade liberalization has become widely recognized. The methods for assessing the potential effects of such liberalization have lagged significantly behind those available for analyzing tariffs. This book is the first volume that comprehensively addresses this gap. It has been designed to be useful for both economists and policymakers, especially for those involved in communicating ideas and results between economists and policymakers. This indispensable book contains cutting-edge discussions of the full range of methodologies used in this area, including business surveys, summary statistics such as effective rates of protection and price gaps, time-series and panel econometrics, and simulation methods such as computable general equilibrium. It covers the entire spectrum of policies under discussion in current trade negotiations, including trade facilitation, services policies, quantitative measures, customs procedures, standards, movement of natural persons, and anti-dumping. Some prominent contributors to this book are Bijit Bora (World Trade Organization), John Wilson, Tsunehiro Otsuki and Vlad Manole (World Bank), Catherine Mann (Institute of International Economics), Alan Deardorff and Robert Stern (University of Michigan), Joe Francois (Erasmus University), Dean Spinanger (University of Kiel), Antoni Estevadeordal and Kati Suominen (Inter-American Development Bank), Thomas Prusa (Rutgers University), Thomas Hertel and Terrie Walmsley (Purdue University), Scott Bradford (Brigham Young University), Judith Dean, Robert Feinberg, Soamiely Andriamananjara and Marinos Tsigas (US International Trade Commission).

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY; THE QUANTIFICATION AND IMPACT OF NON-TARIFF MEASURES; A COMPILATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES OF REPORTED MEASURES WHICH MAY AFFECT TRADE; EFFECTS OF PROTECTIONISM ON CHILEAN EXPORTERS: AN EXPLORATORY SURVEY; MEASURING AND MODELLING BARRIERS TO SERVICES TRADE: AUSTRALIA'S EXPERIENCE; NON-TARIFF MEASURES IN SERVICES MEASURING GAINS FROM MOVEMENT OF SKILLED PERSONNEL; ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT OF TRADE FACILITATION: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION: A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT

USING DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPHS AND VAR ECONOMETRICS TO SIMULATE THE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF IMPOSITION OF AN IMPORT QUOTA: AN APPLICATION TO U.S. WHEAT-RELATED MARKETSLIBERALIZING QUOTAS ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING: HAS THE ATC ACTUALLY WORKED?; ESTIMATING TARIFF EQUIVALENTS OF CORE AND NON-CORE NON-TARIFF MEASURES IN THE APEC MEMBER ECONOMIES; ESTIMATING THE TARIFF-EQUIVALENT OF NTMS; ESTIMATION OF NOMINAL AND EFFECTIVE RATES OF PROTECTION; RULES OF ORIGIN IN THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM AND PROPOSALS FOR MULTILATERAL HARMONIZATION

THE REASONS FOR AND THE IMPACT OF ANTIDUMPING PROTECTION: THE CASE OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINATHE EXTENT AND IMPACT OF FINAL GOODS NON-TARIFF BARRIERS IN RICH COUNTRIES; DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF THE "NEW AGE" FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN JAPAN AND SINGAPORE; ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES IN ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF NON-TARIFF MEASURES: RESULTS FROM NEWLY QUANTIFIED MEASURES; WITS -- WORLD INTEGRATED TRADE SOLUTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF BARRIERS TO INTERNATIONAL SERVICES TRANSACTIONS AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF LIBERALIZATION; TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING SERVICES BARRIERS

DEVELOPING GOVERNMENTAL ANALYTICAL CAPACITIES IN THE TRADE POLICY AREATECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING TRADE FACILITATION EFFECTS; INDEX

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