Measuring fixed costs for firms' use of a free trade agreement: threshold regression approach

Kazunobu Hayakawa

No 275, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: In this paper, by employing the threshold regression method, we estimate the average tariffequivalent of fixed costs for the use of a free trade agreement (FTA) among all existing FTAs inthe world. It is estimated to be 3.2%. This global estimate serves as a reference rate in theevaluation of each FTA’s fixed costs.

Keywords: Costs; Exports; Business; FTA; Gravity equation; Threshold regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F19 F53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-01
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