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Estimating the Impact of the India–ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on Indian Industries

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  • Ranajoy Bhattacharyya
  • Avijit Mandal

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This study shows that intermediate goods will be more affected (both adversely and favourably) than final goods due to ASEAN–India FTA. Other interesting conclusions include tariffs do not matter at all for a major part of the industries and for them the agreement has no significance. In fact, some of the most debated commodities fall in this category. For them though tariff rates have steadily increased over time, so has imports imparting a wrong sign to the tariff elasticity which means that reasons other than tariffs determine their imports and there is no point in putting them in the sensitive or exclusion list.

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  • Ranajoy Bhattacharyya & Avijit Mandal, 2014. "Estimating the Impact of the India–ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on Indian Industries," South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, vol. 15(1), pages 93-114, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:soueco:v:15:y:2014:i:1:p:93-114
    DOI: 10.1177/1391561414527050
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    Keywords

    India ASEAN Free Trade Agreement; micro level impact; tariff elasticity;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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