Economic Integration, Non-tariff Barriers and Social Welfare

José Méndez Naya () and Aitor Calo-Blanco ()
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José Méndez Naya: University of A Coruña, Postal: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Campus de Elviña s/n, University of A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Aitor Calo-Blanco: University of Alicante, Postal: Facultad de Economicas, Dpto. Fundamentos del, Analisis Economico, Carretera de San Vicente s/n, 03080 San Vicente (Alicante), Spain

Journal of Economic Integration, 2005, vol. 20, 318-328

Abstract:

This paper analyses the extent to which preferential trade agreements can lead to the substitution of non-tariff barriers for tariffs, and the effects of non-tariff barriers on welfare and other parameters. Its main results are that non-tariff barriers reduce aggregate welfare, and that the governments of economically integrated countries replace tariffs by non-tariff barriers if and only if their priority is protection of their nations’ firms.

Keywords: Economic integration; Commercial policies; Tariff and non-tariff barriers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F13 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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