On the Heterogenous Trade and Welfare Effects of GATT/WTO Membership

Gabriel Felbermayr, Mario Larch, Erdal Yalcin and Yoto Yotov

No 195, FIW Working Paper series from FIW

Abstract: We quantify the partial and general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the average impact of GATT/WTO membership on trade among member counties is large, positive, and significant. We contribute to the literature by estimating country-specific estimates and find them to vary widely across the countries in our sample with poorer members benefitting more. Using these estimates, we simulate the general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO on welfare, which are sizable and heterogeneous across members, and relatively small for non-member countries. We show that countries not experiencing positive trade effects from joining GATT/WTO can still gain in terms of welfare, due to lower import prices and higher export demand.

Keywords: GATT; WTO; Heterogenous Policy Effects; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F13 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48
Date: 2022-02
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