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

by Dee, Philippa S.; Ferrantino, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9789812560513
• ISBN10: 9812560513
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-26
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

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 polices under discussion in current trade negotiations, including trade facilitation, services policies, quantitative measures, customs procedures, standards, movement of natural persons, and anti-dumping.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(12)
Section One: Introduction
Directions for Research and Policy	13	(4)
The Quantification and Impact of Non-Tariff Measures	17	(24)
Section Two: Obtaining Data on the Incidence of NTMs
A Compilation from Multiple Sources of Reported Measures Which May Affect Trade	41	(10)
Effects of Protectionism on Chilean Exporters: An Exploratory Survey	51	(20)
Section Three: The Effects of Services-type Measures
Measuring and Modelling Barriers to Services Trade: Australia's Experience	71	(36)
Non-Tariff Measures in Services Measuring Gains from Movement of Skilled Personnel	107	(14)
Section Four: Trade Facilitation
Assessing The Potential Benefit of Trade Facilitation: A Global Perspective	121	(40)
Benefits of Trade Facilitation: A Quantitative Assessment	161	(32)
Section Five: The Effects of Quota-type and Standards-type Measures
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 Markets	193	(22)
Liberalizing Quotas on Textiles and Clothing: Has the ATC Actually Worked?	215	(20)
Section Six: Estimating Tariff Equivalents of NTMs Without Simulation
Estimating Tariff Equivalents of Core and Non-Core Non-Tariff Measures In The APEC Member Economies	235	(54)
Estimating the Tariff-Equivalent of NTMs	289	(22)
Estimation of Nominal and Effective Rates of Protection	311	(26)
Section Seven: The Effects of Other Policies
Rules of Origin in the World Trading System and Proposals for Multilateral Harmonization	337	(74)
The Reasons for and the Impact of Antidumping Protection: The Case of People's Republic of China	411	(24)
Section Eight: Using Estimates of NTM Impacts in Simulations
The Extent and Impact of Final Goods Non-Tariff Barriers in Rich Countries	435	(48)
Dynamic Effects of the ``New Age'' Free Trade Agreement Between Japan and Singapore	483	(42)
Alternative Approaches in Estimating the Economic Effects of Non-Tariff Measures: Results from Newly Quantified Measures	525	(16)
Section Nine: Methodological Aids
WITS -- World Integrated Trade Solution	541	(8)
Empirical Analysis of Barriers to International Services Transactions and the Consequences of Liberalization	549	(62)
Techniques for Estimating Services Barriers	611	(26)
Developing Governmental Analytical Capacities in the Trade Policy Area	637	(6)
Techniques for Estimating Trade Facilitation Effects	643	(10)
Index	653