Non-Tariff Barriers, Regionalism and Poverty

Essays in Applied International Trade Analysis

Non-Tariff Barriers, Regionalism and Poverty is a collection of key articles in three important areas of applied international trade research: measuring non-tariff barriers and their effects, the consequences of regional trading arrangements, especially on the countries excluded from them, and the connection between international trade and poverty. Drawing from 30 years of research and experience, L Alan Winters illustrates the development of techniques of this field and his continued commitment to answering real policy questions at the times at which they are debated. The collection shows the ways in which economic and econometric analysis can be used to answer real-world problems rigorously in the area of international trade and trade policy. Readers will find that some of the research included is of current methodological relevance and some of more historical significance. This volume is invaluable to anyone who is keen on developing their knowledge on trade policy, regionalism or poverty — three pressing issues in today's globalized world.

Contents:

• Introduction

• Non-Tariff Barriers:

  • The Extent of Nontariff Barriers to Industrial Countries' Imports (with JJ Nogués and A Olechowski)
  • Do Exporters Gain from VERs? (with J de Melo)
  • Labour Adjustment Costs and British Footwear Protection (with WE Takacs)
  • Voluntary Export Restraints and Rationing: U.K. Leather Footwear Imports from Eastern Europe (with PA Brenton)
  • VERs and Expectations: Extensions and Evidence
  • Digging for Victory: Agricultural Policy and National Security

• Regionalism:

  • Separability and the Specification of Foreign Trade Functions
  • British Imports of Manufactures and the Common Market
  • Regionalism and the Rest of the World: The Irrelevance of the Kemp-Wan Theorem
  • How Regional Blocs Affect Excluded Countries: The Price Effects of MERCOSUR (with W Chang)
  • Trade and Economic Geography: The Impact of EEC Accession on the UK (with HG Overman)

• Trade and Poverty:

  • Trade Liberalisation and Poverty: What are the Links?
  • Trade Liberalization and Poverty: The Evidence So Far (with N McCulloch and A McKay)
  • Trade Liberalisation and Economic Performance: An Overview
  • Trade Liberalisation and Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam (with Y Niimi and P Vasudeva Dutta)
  • Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Poverty Dynamics in Three Developing Countries (with J Litchfield and N McCulloch)
  • Why Isn't the Doha Development Agenda More Poverty Friendly? (with TW Hertel, R Keeney, and M Ivanic)
  • Trade as an Engine of Creative Destruction: Mexican Experience with Chinese Competition (with L Iacovone and F Rauch)

Readership: Undergraduates, research students and professionals interested in macroeconomics; international trade practitioners.
Key Features:

• Shows the ways in which economic and econometric analysis can be used to answer real-world problems rigorously in the area of international trade and trade policy
• The broad collection of applied work on trade illustrates problems and analyses that others may find a useful base for their own work