Applied Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: An Overview

François, Joseph; Reinert, Kenneth A.

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“…In previous studies, Hoekman et al (2001) assume that products are perfect substitutes as a result the elasticity parameters are smaller in SMART. However, a more recent development of the SMART model i.e., GSIM 13 (Global Simulation model) assumes import substitution elasticity at 5 (Francois and Reinhardt (1997), Francois and Hall…”

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Assessing the Welfare Effects of the East African Community Customs Union's Transition Arrangements on Uganda

Khorana

Kimbugwe²,

Perdikis

2009

JEI

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Regional trade arrangements are becoming an increasingly popular vehicle for the promotion of trade and growth. In East Africa the previously defunct East Africa Customs Union has been resurrected to improve trade between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. To facilitate the development of the East African Community, transitional arrangements have been put in place to liberalise inter and intra-regional trade. Using a partial equilibrium approach this paper quantifies and evaluates the trade and welfare effects of these arrangements for Uganda, particularly for products classified as sensitive products from the Ugandan perspective. Results vary with the level of product aggregation applied which questions whether transitional arrangements confer any real benefits on the stakeholders. The policy implications that follow suggest that selecting industries for protection should be based on predicted welfare outcomes rather than on pressure from vested interests for the partner countries to benefit from trade liberalisation within the customs union.• JEL Classification: F15, F17, O55•

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Assessing the Welfare Effects of the East African Community Customs Union's Transition Arrangements on Uganda

Khorana

Kimbugwe²,

Perdikis

2009

JEI

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“…That is the case for the example industry, where freeze risk is greater in landscape depressions (i.e., valleys) than along the sides and tops of hills where orchards are usually located. Introducing landscape variability into climate change scenarios Francois and Reinert 1997;Van Tongeren and Van Meijl 1999;Jechlitschka et al 2007;von Witzke et al 2008). Trade models incorporate supply and demand in multiple regions and generate regional production levels and trade flows between regions in a given period of time.…”

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A conceptual framework for multi-regional climate change assessments for international market systems with long-term investments

Winkler

Thornsbury²,

Artavia

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Climatic Change

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A conceptual framework for climate change assessments of international market systems that involve long-term investments is proposed. The framework is a hybrid of dynamic and static modeling. Dynamic modeling is used for those system components for which temporally continuous modeling is possible, while fixed time slices are used for other system components where it can be assumed that underlying assumptions are held constant within the time slices but allowed to vary between slices. An important component of the framework is the assessment of the "metauncertainty" arising from the structural uncertainties of a linked sequence of climate, production, trade and decision-making models. The impetus for proposing the framework is the paucity of industry-wide assessments for market systems with multiple production regions and long-term capital investments that are vulnerable to climate variations and change, especially climate extremes. The proposed framework is pragmatic, eschewing the ideal for the tractable. Even so, numerous implementation challenges are expected, which are illustrated using an example industry. The conceptual framework is offered as a starting point for further discussions of strategies and approaches for climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation assessments for international market systems.

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“…They are the nexus between trade policies on the import side and the domestic economy (Francois and Reinert, 1997). The most prominent types are the Armington elasticity of substitution and import demand elasticity.…”

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“…The latter approach has the advantage of depicting the real world more accurately and minimizing terms-of-trade effects inherent in the Armington structure. However, owing to the scarcity of available firm-level data, sector-and region-specific product weights are often used resulting in an Armington-like approach (Francois and Reinert, 1997).…”

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Quantitative economics in WTO dispute settlement

2005

World Trade Report

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Applied Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: An Overview

Cited by 59 publications

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Assessing the Welfare Effects of the East African Community Customs Union's Transition Arrangements on Uganda

Assessing the Welfare Effects of the East African Community Customs Union's Transition Arrangements on Uganda

A conceptual framework for multi-regional climate change assessments for international market systems with long-term investments

Quantitative economics in WTO dispute settlement

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