Trade Policy Instruments over Time

Trade Policy Instruments over Time

This paper surveys political-economic research on the variety of instruments that governments use to conduct international trade policy. It presents key insights on the relationships between instruments such as tariffs, quotas, voluntary export res...

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Main Author: Bown, Chad P.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ANTIDUMPING
INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY
NONTARIFF BARRIERS
POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SHOCKS
SAFEGUARDS
TARIFFS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18840772/trade-policy-instruments-over-time
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16822
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spelling okr-10986-168222021-04-23T14:03:33Z Trade Policy Instruments over Time Bown, Chad P. ANTIDUMPING INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY NONTARIFF BARRIERS POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SHOCKS SAFEGUARDS TARIFFS This paper surveys political-economic research on the variety of instruments that governments use to conduct international trade policy. It presents key insights on the relationships between instruments such as tariffs, quotas, voluntary export restraints, and other nontariff barriers, as well as the ebb and flow of the national use of temporary trade barriers such as antidumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards. The survey examines trends in use of these trade policy instruments over recent history; and it reviews the major theoretical and empirical explanations behind, and interrelationships between, their uses. Finally, the paper highlights potential institutional impacts of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and subsequent World Trade Organization (WTO) on choice of policy instruments, as well as how multilateral, unilateral, and preferential tariff liberalization may introduce political-economic shocks and affect incentives over time for how governments rely on different instruments. 2014-02-03T20:42:16Z 2014-02-03T20:42:16Z 2014-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18840772/trade-policy-instruments-over-time http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16822 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6757 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ANTIDUMPING
INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY
NONTARIFF BARRIERS
POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SHOCKS
SAFEGUARDS
TARIFFS
spellingShingle ANTIDUMPING
INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY
NONTARIFF BARRIERS
POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SHOCKS
SAFEGUARDS
TARIFFS
Bown, Chad P.
Trade Policy Instruments over Time
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6757
description This paper surveys political-economic research on the variety of instruments that governments use to conduct international trade policy. It presents key insights on the relationships between instruments such as tariffs, quotas, voluntary export restraints, and other nontariff barriers, as well as the ebb and flow of the national use of temporary trade barriers such as antidumping, countervailing duties, and safeguards. The survey examines trends in use of these trade policy instruments over recent history; and it reviews the major theoretical and empirical explanations behind, and interrelationships between, their uses. Finally, the paper highlights potential institutional impacts of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and subsequent World Trade Organization (WTO) on choice of policy instruments, as well as how multilateral, unilateral, and preferential tariff liberalization may introduce political-economic shocks and affect incentives over time for how governments rely on different instruments.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Bown, Chad P.
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author_sort Bown, Chad P.
title Trade Policy Instruments over Time
title_short Trade Policy Instruments over Time
title_full Trade Policy Instruments over Time
title_fullStr Trade Policy Instruments over Time
title_full_unstemmed Trade Policy Instruments over Time
title_sort trade policy instruments over time
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18840772/trade-policy-instruments-over-time
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