Estimates of Trade-Related Adjustment Costs in Syria

The scope and complexity of international trading arrangements in the Middle East, as well as their spotty historical record of success, underscore the urgent need for an adequate understanding of the relative costs and benefits of participation in preferential trading arrangements and, more general...

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Main Authors:	Lim, Jamus Jerome, Saborowski, Christian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Trade Policy International Trade Organizations F130 Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy Factor Movement Foreign Exchange Policy O240
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4693

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spelling	okr-10986-46932021-04-23T14:02:19Z Estimates of Trade-Related Adjustment Costs in Syria Lim, Jamus Jerome Saborowski, Christian Trade Policy International Trade Organizations F130 Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy Factor Movement Foreign Exchange Policy O240 The scope and complexity of international trading arrangements in the Middle East, as well as their spotty historical record of success, underscore the urgent need for an adequate understanding of the relative costs and benefits of participation in preferential trading arrangements and, more generally, of changes in the domestic import regimes. This paper seeks to address this problem by providing estimates of the adjustment costs associated with two broad classes of hypothetical trade policy scenarios for Syria: participation in the proposed EU-Syria Association Agreement, and border tax-related changes affecting the domestic import regime. We find that the revenue consequences of the first scenario are likely to be low if an appropriate stepwise implementation of the agreement can be ensured; our analysis of the second scenario suggests that all border taxes can be eliminated, and the number of tariff bands reduced, while ensuring revenue neutrality, if a VAT of a reasonable size is introduced. 2012-03-30T07:29:16Z 2012-03-30T07:29:16Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of Policy Modeling 01618938 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4693 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Syrian Arab Republic
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description	The scope and complexity of international trading arrangements in the Middle East, as well as their spotty historical record of success, underscore the urgent need for an adequate understanding of the relative costs and benefits of participation in preferential trading arrangements and, more generally, of changes in the domestic import regimes. This paper seeks to address this problem by providing estimates of the adjustment costs associated with two broad classes of hypothetical trade policy scenarios for Syria: participation in the proposed EU-Syria Association Agreement, and border tax-related changes affecting the domestic import regime. We find that the revenue consequences of the first scenario are likely to be low if an appropriate stepwise implementation of the agreement can be ensured; our analysis of the second scenario suggests that all border taxes can be eliminated, and the number of tariff bands reduced, while ensuring revenue neutrality, if a VAT of a reasonable size is introduced.
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author	Lim, Jamus Jerome Saborowski, Christian
author_facet	Lim, Jamus Jerome Saborowski, Christian
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title	Estimates of Trade-Related Adjustment Costs in Syria
title_short	Estimates of Trade-Related Adjustment Costs in Syria
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Estimates of Trade-Related Adjustment Costs in Syria

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