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Commercial Policy Variability, Bindings, and Market Access

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  • Joseph Francois

    (Tinbergen Institute)

  • Will Martin

    (World Bank)

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Protection unconstrained by rules often varies substantially over time. Rules-based disciplines, such as WTO tariff bindings and bindings on market access in services, constrain this variability. We examine the theoretical effects of such constraints on the expected cost of protection and offer a formalization of the concept of “market access,” emphasizing both the first and second moments of the distribution of protection. As an illustration, we provide a stylized examination of Uruguay Round bindings on wheat.

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  • Joseph Francois & Will Martin, 2002. "Commercial Policy Variability, Bindings, and Market Access," International Trade 0210002, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpit:0210002
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    Keywords

    expected costs of protection; commercial policy uncertainty; market access WTO; tariff bindings.;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F17 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Forecasting and Simulation
    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General

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