 Trade reform in Iran for accession to the World Trade Organization: Analysis of welfare and environmental impactsZakariya Farajzadeh, Xueqin Zhu and Mohammad Bakhshoodeh Economic Modelling, 2017, vol. 63, issue C, 75-85 Abstract: We developed a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the potential welfare and environmental impacts of Iran’s trade reform for accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Our results show that removing trade barriers not only results in higher welfare and GDP as well as lower prices due to efficiency gains, but also reduces emissions of greenhouse gases in terms of CO2 equivalent. Emissions reductions stem from changes in output composition and lower energy use, despite an offsetting increase in emissions induced by the final consumption of non-energy products due to higher income. Particularly, removing import barriers completely (i.e. full liberalization) would increase Iran’s GDP by 8.9%, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in CO2 equivalents by 3%. It would generate a welfare gain of 13.2% and 9.3% for urban and rural households, respectively, suggesting that removing the trade barriers would increase the inequality between households in favour of urban and high income groups. Keywords: Trade; Emissions; Economic welfare; World Trade Organization; Computable general equilibrium models; Iran (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:63:y:2017:i:c:p:75-85 DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2017.02.006 Access Statistics for this article Economic Modelling is currently edited by S. Hall and P. Pauly More articles in Economic Modelling from Elsevier |
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