QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF NON-TARIFF MEASURES AND TRADE FACILITATION - Hardcover

Dee Philippa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9812560513 ISBN 13: 9789812560513

Publisher: Wsp/Other Publr, 2005

Synopsis

Dee (Australian National University) and Ferrantino (US International Trade Commission) bring together recent work on quantifying the effects of non-tariff trade measures. Most of the chapters in the book show how particular techniques can be used to analyze specific non- tariff barriers or trade facilitation measures. These chapters include both results pertaining to the effects of public policies and analytical material. The final section of the book details techniques for preparing quantitative analyses of trade policy and conveying them to policymakers. Material was originally presented at an October 2003 workshop held in Bangkok. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

hilippa Dee is currently Visiting Fellow at the Asia-Pacific School of Economics and Government at Australian National University. There she is pursuing research on the effects of liberalizing barriers to trade in services in a number of developing countries. She was previously Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Productivity Commission. There she worked on a wide range of economic policy issues, from evaluating Australia's greenhouse gas policies, R&D policies and National Competition Policy, to evaluating the effects of multilateral Uruguay and APEC trade liberalization. She also contributed to seminal collaborative research with Australian National University in measuring and evaluating barriers to services trade and their accompanying domestic regulatory regimes. She has held a previous academic position at Australian National University and a research position at the Kiel Institute of World Economics. She was educated at Victoria and Canterbury Universities in New Zealand and at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Michael Ferrantino received his BA from Northwestern University in 1980 and his PhD from Yale University in 1987. After teaching at Drew, Southern Methodist, and Youngstown State Universities, he joined the US International Trade Commission in 1987. His published work focused on empirical topics in international economics, including trade and environment, technological change, the multinational firm, and the relationship between trade and intellectual property.

Review

"Trade policy in the real world has moved far beyond the familiar tariffs of textbook economics. Comprehending the impact of non-tariff barriers and trade facilitation measures on international trade is among the most important, and analytically difficult, challenges confronting economists and policy makers. This outstanding volume brings together state-of-the-art treatments of these critical issues and should be essential reading for both researchers and practitioners interested in understanding trade policy as it is really practiced today."

Edition details

• Publisher: Wsp/Other Publr
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9812560513
• ISBN 13: 9789812560513
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 664