Measuring fixed costs for firms’ use of a free trade agreement: Threshold regression approach

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 113
Issue: 3
Pages: 301-303

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Hayakawa, Kazunobu (Government of Japan)

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Abstract

By employing the threshold regression method, we estimate the average tariff equivalent of fixed costs for the use of a free trade agreement (FTA) among all existing FTAs in the world. It is estimated to be around 3%.

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repec:eee:ecolet:v:113:y:2011:i:3:p:301-303
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