Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/186054 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics [ISSN:] 2235-6282 [Volume:] 152 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 1-21
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper uses the modern workhorse model of quantitative trade theory (Eaton and Kortum, 2002) as a measurement tool to quantify Switzerland's gains from trade. I find that individual trading partners matter surprisingly little for Switzerland's welfare because of reallocation effects: if trade between Switzerland and some partner country is inhibited, other supplier countries step into the breach so that the losses are limited andtypically amount to less than 1%. The conclusions are different if one considers groups of countries such as for example the EU: participating in a multilateral 25% trade cost reduction increases Swiss welfare by 11% relative to the status quo. However, it must also be noted that in the case of non-participation, the actual welfare losses relative to the status quo are modest with less than 1%.
Subjects: 
gains from trade
Switzerland
development accounting
JEL: 
F10
F11
F14
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Document Type: 
Article

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