APPLIED TRADE POLICY MODELING IN 16 COUNTRIES: INSIGHTS AND IMPACTS FROM WORLD BANK CGE BASED PROJECTS (World Scientific Studies in International Economics, 34) - Hardcover

Tarr, David G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814551422 ISBN 13: 9789814551427

Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2014

Synopsis

This book focuses on the World Bank projects, led by the author, based on computable general equilibrium models of international trade policy. The chapters show an unusual combination of policy relevance, advice and impact, with academic rigor and international trade theory insights. The author discusses some of the policy contexts for the requests from developing and transition countries to the World Bank, the key trade theory or policy insights, policy recommendations and conclusions, and the policy impacts.

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About the Author

Services Liberalization with Foreign Direct Investment and Endogenous Productivity Effects; Tariff Reduction or Tariff Uniformity; Exchange Rate Issues; Trade Facilitation; Tariffication of Non-Tariff Barriers; Regional Trade Policy Issues; Agricultural Reform; WTO Accession; Trade and Poverty Linkages; Second Best Trade Policies with Offsetting Distortions; Trade and Tax Policy Linkages; Product Standards.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9814551422
• ISBN 13: 9789814551427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 548