Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/89642 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4425
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We investigate how tariff liberalization has affected exporting in emerging countries. We use a highly disaggregated bilateral measure of market access to compare tariffs applied in 1996 and 2006, which includes the timing of the Uruguay Round and episodes of bilateral liberalization. Our econometric estimations show that the reduced tariffs imposed on emerging countries have contributed to growth in their exports of differentiated goods at the intensive margin; they have not affected the probability of recording new flows. Growth in emerging countries' exports at the extensive margin of trade has been due mainly to an upward shift in their comparative advantage and improvements to their infrastructure.
Subjects: 
tariffs
trade liberalization
emerging countries
margins of trade
JEL: 
F13
F15
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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