Caribbean bananas: The macroeconomic impact of trade preference erosion

Montfort Mlachila, Paul Cashin () and Cleary Haines

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2013, vol. 22, issue 2, 253-280

Abstract: This article examines the macroeconomic effects of the erosion of trade preferences, with a focus on the export of Caribbean bananas to Europe. Estimates are made of the magnitude of implicit assistance provided over a period of three decades to eastern Caribbean countries through banana trade preferences. The value of such assistance rose until the early 1990s and has declined precipitously since then. Using vector autoregressive analysis, the article finds that changes in the level of implicit assistance have had a considerable macroeconomic impact, especially on Caribbean real gross domestic product growth.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/09638199.2011.552114

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