Non-tariff barriers, market access, and trade

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This paper analyses the effects of non-tariff barriers, in terms of both variable and fixed export costs, on trade structure. The relationship between fixed and variable trade costs determines whether international trade emerges. If trade emerges, only variable, but not fixed export costs, influence the trade structure. The empirical results suggest that non-tariff barriers act, in particular, as fixed export costs, as the trade and intra-industry trade emerge in a larger number of industries than prior to the Single European Market programme, while the share of intra-industry trade is unaffected.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance ; No. 455

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation ; Economic Integration
• Subject: Factor Endowments ; Country Size ; Non-Tariff Barriers ; Market Access ; Economic Integration ; Intra-& Inter-Industry Trade ; Nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse ; Handelsstruktur ; Zeitreihenanalyse ; EU-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Mathä, Thomas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/56217
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET