Gain without Pain? Non-Tariff Measures, Plants’ Productivity and Markups

This paper studies how productivity and markups respond to non-tariff measures. The analysis uses a novel time-varying data set on all non-tariff measures applied to imported products by Indonesia. Price and quantity information is used to disentan...

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Main Authors:	Cali, Massimiliano, Le Moglie, Marco, Presidente, Giorgio
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	NON-TARIFF MEASURES TARIFFS TRADE REFORM TRADE LIBERALIZATION GAINS FROM TRADE PRODUCTIVITY PRICE MARKUP
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/951461620653294486/Gain-without-Pain-Non-Tariff-Measures-Plants-Productivity-and-Markups http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35567

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spelling	okr-10986-355672022-09-20T00:09:34Z Gain without Pain? Non-Tariff Measures, Plants’ Productivity and Markups Cali, Massimiliano Le Moglie, Marco Presidente, Giorgio NON-TARIFF MEASURES TARIFFS TRADE REFORM TRADE LIBERALIZATION GAINS FROM TRADE PRODUCTIVITY PRICE MARKUP This paper studies how productivity and markups respond to non-tariff measures. The analysis uses a novel time-varying data set on all non-tariff measures applied to imported products by Indonesia. Price and quantity information is used to disentangle the impact of non-tariff measures on plants’ technical efficiency and markups. The findings show that on average, non-tariff measures generate fewer distortions than import tariffs do. However, while specific non-tariff measures increase the quality of the products on which they are applied, others act as barriers to trade similar to import tariffs. These results suggest that to gauge their impacts and guide policy making, non-tariff measures should not be bundled together in empirical analyses. 2021-05-13T16:10:50Z 2021-05-13T16:10:50Z 2021-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/951461620653294486/Gain-without-Pain-Non-Tariff-Measures-Plants-Productivity-and-Markups http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35567 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9654 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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description	This paper studies how productivity and markups respond to non-tariff measures. The analysis uses a novel time-varying data set on all non-tariff measures applied to imported products by Indonesia. Price and quantity information is used to disentangle the impact of non-tariff measures on plants’ technical efficiency and markups. The findings show that on average, non-tariff measures generate fewer distortions than import tariffs do. However, while specific non-tariff measures increase the quality of the products on which they are applied, others act as barriers to trade similar to import tariffs. These results suggest that to gauge their impacts and guide policy making, non-tariff measures should not be bundled together in empirical analyses.
format	Working Paper
author	Cali, Massimiliano Le Moglie, Marco Presidente, Giorgio
author_facet	Cali, Massimiliano Le Moglie, Marco Presidente, Giorgio
author_sort	Cali, Massimiliano
title	Gain without Pain? Non-Tariff Measures, Plants’ Productivity and Markups
title_short	Gain without Pain? Non-Tariff Measures, Plants’ Productivity and Markups
title_full	Gain without Pain? Non-Tariff Measures, Plants’ Productivity and Markups
title_fullStr	Gain without Pain? Non-Tariff Measures, Plants’ Productivity and Markups
title_full_unstemmed	Gain without Pain? Non-Tariff Measures, Plants’ Productivity and Markups
title_sort	gain without pain? non-tariff measures, plants’ productivity and markups
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/951461620653294486/Gain-without-Pain-Non-Tariff-Measures-Plants-Productivity-and-Markups http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35567
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