2019
DOI: 10.1111/roie.12457
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Are nontariff measures and tariffs substitutes? Some panel data evidence

Abstract: Using new estimates of ad valorem equivalent of nontariff measures (NTMs) over time, this paper examines NTMs and tariffs’ relationship for a sample of 70 economies for 4,949 products at the 6‐digit harmonized system level over the period 2003–2015. A panel data methodology models the lagged adjustment of NTMs to tariffs, consistent with a causal relationship. Trade policy substitution is found when the models are estimated in both levels and changes; with this holding for both OECD and non‐OECD countries, but… Show more

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“…It seems clear that the rise in SPS measures coincides with a fall in tariffs though whether this relationship is causal remains an empirical question. The evidence thus far confirms both substitutionary and complementary effects (Orefice, 2017; Beverelli et al ., 2019; Niu et al ., 2020). To account for potential trade policy substitution, we control for applied tariffs and bilateral trade agreements in our empirical analyses.…”
Section: Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It seems clear that the rise in SPS measures coincides with a fall in tariffs though whether this relationship is causal remains an empirical question. The evidence thus far confirms both substitutionary and complementary effects (Orefice, 2017; Beverelli et al ., 2019; Niu et al ., 2020). To account for potential trade policy substitution, we control for applied tariffs and bilateral trade agreements in our empirical analyses.…”
Section: Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On the empirical side, papers that have found evidence of policy-substitution effects are, for example,Ray (1981),Ray and Marvel (1984),Kee et al (2009),Bown and Tovar (2011),Limão and Tovar (2011),Eibl and Malik (2016), andNiu et al (2020).12 In the public economics literature there are several papers that focus on red tape, but they are only tangentially related to this article. For example,Gordon and Li (2009) discuss the role of red tape in taxing informal firms in developing countries, and in a trade context,Davies (2013) illustrates how red tape enables a government offering an export subsidy to discriminate among firms.…”
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confidence: 98%
“…Uma alternativa metodológica em momento seguinte, e ainda bastante comum, consiste no uso de equivalentes tarifários ad valorem (AVE). Dean et al (2009) se preocupam em estimar os efeitos de preço (price-effects) de barreiras não tarifárias; Kee, Nicita e Olarrega (2009), em trabalho seminal, sugerem elevada contribuição de barreiras não tarifárias (BNTs), de 70%, para o nível de proteção no comércio mundial; Niu et al (2020) concluem que as MNTs se tornaram a principal fonte de proteção dos países, sendo que AVEs são, em geral, maiores que as tarifas para grande parte dos produtos selecionados. Em geral, alguns estudos aplicados, como estes citados, têm avaliado os efeitos negativos de MNTs sobre o fluxo de comércio.…”
Section: Efeitos Comerciais Das Medidas Não Tarifáriasunclassified
“…• se há substitutibilidade entre tarifas e MNTs (Moore e Zanardi, 2011;Marette, 2016;Ronen, 2017;Niu et al, 2020);…”
Section: Efeitos Comerciais Das Medidas Não Tarifáriasunclassified