Three Essays on International Trade Policy: Regional Trade Agreements and Non-Tariff Measures

Diplôme Thèse Three Essays on International Trade Policy: Regional Trade Agreements and Non-Tariff Measures eng 2015-06-22 author Crivelli Pramila Adeline 666036 director Olarreaga Marcelo 0000-0002-1208-1544 28000 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:74089 urn:nbn:ch:unige-740899 GSEM 11 In recent decades, the world trading system has witnessed the proliferation of both, preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs). This dissertation contributes to our understanding of the impact of the two phenomena by: (i) examining the effect of PTAs on the multilateral system, and (ii) assessing the impact of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures on market entry and international trade flows. The first two chapters examine the questions: what is the impact of preferential trade liberalization on external protection? The first chapter provides evidence that the impact of PTAs is heterogeneous across countries and argues that the effect is mainly driven by tariff revenue considerations. The second chapter explores the role played by the enhanced market opportunities conferred by regional agreements on external protection. The last chapter uses restrictive product standards to assess the SPS impact on the extensive and the intensive margin of trade in agricultural and food products. Regionalism Preferential Trade Agreements Trade Diversion External Tariff Trade Liberalization Tariff Revenue Market Access Trade Deflection International Trade Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Conformity Assessment Agriculture Gravity Model Dewey 330 114 Institute of Economics and Econometrics S2 false 5382f351-cd7d-41ee-91ff-d0e9002fe028 Thesis Restricted Crivelli_PhD_Thesis.pdf 1283029 application/pdf Private 2015-10-08 2ec864c9d8d3d2bfd2bf6036398158feffb8ff192187a4256265d6a12caae332 restrictedAccess Faculté d'économie et de management / Institute of Economics and Econometrics

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