Quantitative Methods for Assessing the Effects of Non-tariff Measures and Trade Facilitation

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World Scientific, 2005 - 664 pages
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).
 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY
13
THE QUANTIFICATION AND IMPACT OF NONTARIFF MEASURES
17
A COMPILATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES OF REPORTED MEASURES WHICH MAY AFFECT TRADE
41
AN EXPLORATORY SURVEY
51
AUSTRALIAS EXPERIENCE
71
NONTARIFF MEASURES IN SERVICES MEASURING GAINS FROM MOVEMENT OF SKILLED PERSONNEL
107
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
121
ESTIMATION OF NOMINAL AND EFFECTIVE RATES OF PROTECTION
311
RULES OF ORIGIN IN THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM AND PROPOSALS FOR MULTILATERAL HARMONIZATION
337
THE CASE OF PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
411
THE EXTENT AND IMPACT OF FINAL GOODS NONTARIFF BARRIERS IN RICH COUNTRIES
435
DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF THE NEW AGE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN JAPAN AND SINGAPORE
483
RESULTS FROM NEWLY QUANTIFIED MEASURES
525
WITS WORLD INTEGRATED TRADE SOLUTION
541
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF BARRIERS TO INTERNATIONAL SERVICES TRANSACTIONS AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF LIBERALIZATION
549

A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT
161
AN APPLICATION TO US WHEATRELATED MARKETS
193
HAS THE ATC ACTUALLY WORKED?
215
ESTIMATING TARIFF EQUIVALENTS OF CORE AND NONCORE NONTARIFF MEASURES IN THE APEC MEMBER ECONOMIES
235
ESTIMATING THE TARIFFEQUIVALENT OF NTMS
289
TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING SERVICES BARRIERS
611
DEVELOPING GOVERNMENTAL ANALYTICAL CAPACITIES IN THE TRADE POLICY AREA
637
TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING TRADE FACILITATION EFFECTS
643
INDEX
653
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