Costs of Utilizing Regional Trade Agreements

Published: Jul 1, 2019
Abstract
This paper proposes a method of quantifying the additional null cost to exporters of taking advantage of regional trade agreements (RTAs). Such additional null costs can be measured by the ratio of null costs resulting from preference utilization to those associated with non-preferential export activities, or fixed cost ratio (FCR). Our method is built on a model of international trade where heterogeneous exporters decide what tariff schemes to...
Paper Details
Title
Costs of Utilizing Regional Trade Agreements
Published Date
Jul 1, 2019
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