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The Dynamics of Trade Integration and the Political Value of Commitment

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  • Hefeker, Carsten
  • Gros, Daniel

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The paper analyzes the importance of credible institutions in the process of trade liberalization. It combines aspects of credible policy announcements with adjustment costs. We show that if industries' profits are subject to adjustment costs, a dynamic link between periods arises that creates constituencies for a non-discretionary trade policy regime. The conditions for a government to select such an institutional solution are derived. Copyright 2000 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Hefeker, Carsten & Gros, Daniel, 2000. "The Dynamics of Trade Integration and the Political Value of Commitment," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 52(2), pages 398-414, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxecpp:v:52:y:2000:i:2:p:398-414
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    1. Hefeker, Carsten, 2003. "Handels- und Finanz- architektur im Umbruch: Globale Integration und die institutionelle Arbeitsteilung von IWF, Weltbank und WTO," Discussion Paper Series 26158, Hamburg Institute of International Economics.
    2. Iván Arribas & Francisco Pérez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2014. "The dynamics of international trade integration: 1967–2004," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 19-41, February.
    3. Hefeker, Carsten & Wunner, Norbert, 2002. "The producer interest in foreign labor standards," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 18(3), pages 429-447, September.

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