Do unilateral trade preferences help export diversification? An investigation of the impact of European unilateral trade preferences on the extensive and intensive margin of trade

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We analyze the impact of the EU unilateral trade preferences on both the intensive and the extensive margin of trade. Using a tobit and probit estimation we find that the impact of unilateral trade preferences on both margins is strictly linked to the sector under analysis and to the type of preferences a country benefits from. In particular, we find an anti-diversification effect along with a concentration of exports in agricultural products in the case of more stable preferential schemes, as represented by the African Caribbean and Pacific trade preferences. We also confirm that the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for least developing countries did not change the beneficiaries' export pattern, while the traditional GSP and the regime to combat drug production tend to promote diversification of exports.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: HEI Working Paper ; No. 17/2007

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
• Thema: Extensive margin ; Melitz model ; Generalized System of Preference ; Zollpräferenzen ; Terms of Trade ; Unvollkommener Wettbewerb ; Neue Außenhandelstheorie ; Schätzung ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Gamberoni, Elisa
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Graduate Institute of International Studies
• (wo): Geneva
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/77408
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ