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dc.titleEffects of Lowering Tariffs on Extensive and Intensive Margins in Latin America, 1990-2015
dc.contributor.authorMerchán, Federico
dc.contributor.authorMesquita Moreira, Mauricio
dc.contributor.orgunitProductivity, Trade and Innovation Sector
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2019-12-12T17:30:00
dc.date.issue2019-12-12T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractTo study how trade liberalization has impacted Latin Americas extensive and intensive margins between 1990 and 2015, we estimated the random growth first-difference model proposed by Baier, Bersgtrand, and Feng (2014), replacing their economic integration agreement dummy with a tariff-change variable. We found that in the short run (over five years), lowering bilateral country tariffs increases the value of trade and the intensive margin, but not the extensive margin. For the long-term analysis (over 25 years), we estimated an extended version of Debaere and Mostasharis (2010) methodology, finding that the range of products that Latin American countries exported increased only 4.61% due to tariff reductions between 19902015.
dc.format.extent9
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002077
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Effects_of_Lowering_Tariffs_on_Extensive_and_Intensive_Margins_in_Latin_America_1990-2015_en.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectInternational Trade
dc.subjectTrade in Goods
dc.subjectIntegration and Trade
dc.subjectTariff System
dc.subjectTrade Agreement
dc.subject.jelcodeF14 - Empirical Studies of Trade
dc.subject.jelcodeF15 - Economic Integration
dc.subject.jelcodeF10 - Trade: General
dc.subject.keywordsTrade liberalization; Latin America; extensive margin; intensive margin
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-01828
idb.operationRG-E1542
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