Download or read book Non tariff Distortions of Australian Trade written by Peter John Lloyd and published by Canberra : Australian National University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book distortions to agricultural incentives in australia since world war II written by Kym Anderson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Australia's lackluster economic growth performance in the first four decades following World War II was in part due to an anti-trade, anti-primary sector bias in government assistance policies. This paper provides new annual estimates of the extent of those biases since 1946 and their gradual phase-out during the past two decades. In doing so it reveals that the timing of the sector assistance cuts was such as sometimes to improve but sometimes to worsen the distortions to incentives faced by farmers. The changes increased the variation of assistance rates within agriculture during the 1950s and 1960s, reducing the welfare contribution of those programs in that period. Although the assistance pattern within agriculture appears not to have been strongly biased against exporters, its reform has coincided with a substantial increase in the export orientation of many farm industries. The overall pattern for Australia is contrasted with that revealed by comparable new estimates for other high-income countries.
Download or read book Quantitative Methods for Assessing the Effects of Non tariff Measures and Trade Facilitation written by Philippa S. Dee and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).
Download or read book Quantitative Methods for Assessing the Effects of Non tariff Measures and Trade Facilitation written by Philippa S. Dee and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains cutting-edge discussions of the full range of methodologies used in assessing the potential effects of non-tariff policies on trade liberalization. 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 are presented. The full range 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 are also covered. Contributors to the volume, in addition to the editors, include 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 (U.S. International Trade Commission). For the policymaker, Quantitative Methods brings together a wide selection of the most current findings on the potential effects of liberalizing non-tariff measures and improving trade facilitation. For the empirical practitioner, in-depth discussions are provided of issues often covered lightly elsewhere, such as data sources, construction of indices, and neglected microeconomic foundations of liberalization.
Download or read book Invisible Barriers to Invisible Trade written by Brian Griffiths and published by Springer. This book was released on 1975-06-18 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementation of the United States Australia Free Trade Agreement written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Issues in World Trade Policy written by R.H. Snape and published by Springer. This book was released on 1986-06-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book State Trading in International Markets written by M. M. Kostecki and published by Springer. This book was released on 1982-06-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Light the Lamp written by Christopher Charles Findlay and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ch. 1. The future of world trade policy -- ch. 2. Evaluating the impact of the WTO information technology agreement. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Some facts on ITA trade. 2.3. The impact of the ITA : a gravity model approach. 2.4. Regression results. 2.5. Conclusions -- 3. Economic analysis and WTO arbitration cases. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. The mandate. 3.3. An economic interpretation of the mandate. 3.4. An economic taxonomy of WTO. 3.5. The role of economists in WTO arbitration cases -- ch. 4. The impact of manufacturing protection on agricultural incentives in Australia. 4.1. Structural changes since 1950. 4.2. Methodology for measuring distortions to incentives. 4.3. Measuring Nominal Rates of Assistance (NRAs). 4.4. NRA estimates and the evolution of policies. 4.5. Prospects for further policy reform. 4.6. Comparison with other high-income countries. 4.7. Conclusion -- ch. 5. India and the global demand for commodities : is there an elephant in the room? 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. India is big but its growth is different. 5.3. Metals. 5.4. Energy. 5.5. Food. 5.6. Conclusion -- ch. 6. Foreign direct investment in China : trends, characteristics and impacts. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Growth trend of FDI inflows in China. 6.3. Characteristics of FDI in China. 6.4. Impact of FDI on China's economy. 6.5. Technology transfer and spillover effects of FDI. 6.6. Conclusion -- ch. 7. The changing patterns of trade and investment in East Asia. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Changing patterns of foreign trade in East Asia. 7.3. Foreign direct investment and foreign trade : increasing role of multinational corporations in international trade. 7.4. Changing policy environment : liberalisation of trade and FDI policies. 7.5. Concluding remarks -- ch. 8. The integration of the electronics sector in ASEAN. 8.1. The electronics sector. 8.2. The electronics sector : ASEAN. 8.3. Challenges to integration. 8.4. The future for the integration of the electronics sector. 8.5. Recommendations -- ch. 9. Regional value chains and Asian regionalism. 9.1. Patterns of development and the emergence of regional value chains in East Asia. 9.2. Regionalism in East Asia. 9.3. Reducing trade costs in East Asia. 9.4. Conclusion -- ch. 10. Recent developments in the literature on foreign direct investment and labour markets. 10.1. Recent theoretical developments in understanding the effects of FDI. 10.2. The recent evidence on the labour market effects of FDI. 10.3. Some final observations -- ch. 11. Competition policy in international airline markets : an agenda and a proposed solution. 11.1. Introduction. 11.2. Mergers and alliances in airline markets. 11.3. Intersection of regional and domestic policies : a trans-Tasman case study. 11.4. Regulatory errors and multiple competition authorities. 11.5. Steps towards a multilateral competition policy for airline markets. 11.6. Summary and conclusions
Download or read book The Collapse of Global Trade Murky Protectionism and the Crisis written by Richard E. Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global financial crisis of 2008/9 is the Great Depression of the 21st century. For many though, the similarities stop at the Wall Street Crash as the current generation of policymakers have acted quickly to avoid the mistakes of the past. Yet the global crisis has made room for mistakes all of its own. While governments have apparently kept to their word on refraining from protectionist measures in the style of 1930s tariffs, there has been a disturbing rise in "murky protectionism." Seemingly benign, these crisis-linked policies are twisted to favour domestic firms, workers and investors. This book, first published as an eBook on VoxEU.org in March 2009, brings together leading trade policy practitioners and experts - including Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. Initially its aim was to advise policymakers heading in to the G20 meeting in London, but since the threat of murky protectionism persists, so too do their warnings.
Download or read book GATT Safeguards written by Jorge F. Pérez-López and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Measurement of Nontariff Barriers written by Alan Verne Deardorff and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1998-12-10 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluates methods for measuring nontariff barriers and recommends the most effective procedures
Download or read book Beyond the Protective State written by Ann Capling and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1992 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An historical and theoretical account of the transition from protectionism to alternative policies in the Australian manufacturing industry.
Download or read book National Trade Policies written by D. Salvatore and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this volume is to examine and compare the trade policies followed by the most important trading nations of the world. Today there are few, if any, large scale studies of comparative trade such as this one. Moreover trade policies and controversies are expected to become even more important in the future.The volume offers an easily accessible overview of trade policies in each of the world's major trading countries. Thus, this handbook can be of great use to students of comparative economic systems in general and to economists, policymakers, and the general informed public, serving as a comprehensive source of reference and comparison. The references at the end of each chapter and the selected bibliography at the end of the volume identify the most important sources of additional information on the trade policies of the world's most important trading countries.
Download or read book International Trade and the Australian Economy written by Robert Hugh Snape and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Growth and Cycles in Australia s Wine Industry written by Kym Anderson and published by University of Adelaide Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Statistical Compendium, 1843 to 2013
Download or read book Handbook of Deep Trade Agreements written by Aaditya Mattoo and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep trade agreements (DTAs) cover not just trade but additional policy areas, such as international flows of investment and labor and the protection of intellectual property rights and the environment. Their goal is integration beyond trade or deep integration. These agreements matter for economic development. Their rules influence how countries (and hence, the people and firms that live and operate within them) transact, invest, work, and ultimately, develop. Trade and investment regimes determine the extent of economic integration, competition rules affect economic efficiency, intellectual property rights matter for innovation, and environmental and labor rules contribute to environmental and social outcomes. This Handbook provides the tools and data needed to analyze these new dimensions of integration and to assess the content and consequences of DTAs. The Handbook and the accompanying database are the result of collaboration between experts in different policy areas from academia and other international organizations, including the International Trade Centre (ITC), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and World Trade Organization (WTO).