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Title Methodology for Impact Assessment of Free Trade Agreements
Published Asian Development Bank, 2011

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Contents Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Menu for Choice; Variety of Methods; Impacts of What and Impacts on What; Structure of the Book; References (Introduction); Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework for Economic Analysis of Free Trade Agreements; 1.1. Viner's Model and Extensions; 1.1.1. Viner's Model; 1.1.2. Extensions to Viner's Model; 1.2. General Equilibrium Models; 1.2.1. Meade-Lipsey and Wonnacott-Wonnacott Models; 1.2.2. Lloyd-Maclaren Model; 1.2.3. Kemp-Wan Theorem; 1.3. Dynamic Effects of Free Trade Agreements
1.3.1. Economies of Scale and Variety1.3.2. Impacts on Foreign Direct Investment; 1.3.3. Structural Policy Change and Reform; 1.3.4. Competitiveness and Long-Run Growth Effects; 1.4. Theoretical Foundations for Computable General Equilibrium and Gravity Model; 1.4.1. Foundations for Computable General Equilibrium Analysis; 1.4.2. Foundations for the Gravity Model; 1.5. Concluding Remarks; References (Chapter 1); Chapter 2 Methods for Ex-Ante Economic Evaluation of Free Trade Agreements; 2.1. Trade Indicators to Evaluate the Potential Economic Effects of a Free Trade Agreement
2.1.1. Indicators of Regional Trade Interdependence2.1.2. Indicators of Comparative Advantage, Regional Orientation, Trade Complementarity, and Export Similarity; 2.1.3. Strengths and Limitations of Trade Indicators; 2.2. Estimating the Potential Economic Effects of a Free Trade Agreement in an Individual Market; 2.2.1. The SMART Model; 2.2.2. Example of Motorcycle Market in the Lao People's Democratic Republic; 2.2.3. Strengths and Limitations of the SMART Model; 2.3. Computable General Equilibrium Estimation of the Potential Economic Effects of a Free Trade Agreement; 2.3.1. The GTAP Model
2.3.2. Example of Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of a Free Trade Agreement: GTAP Simulation of the Effects of the ASEAN Free Trade Area on Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam2.3.3. Strengths and Limitations of the GTAP Model; 2.4. Concluding Remarks; References (Chapter 2); Appendix 2.1: Sources of Input-Output Tables in GTAP 7 Data Base; Appendix 2.2: Composite Regions and Correspondence with Primary Regions in GTAP 7 Data Base; Chapter 3 Methods for Ex-Post Economic Evaluation of Free Trade Agreements; 3.1. Free Trade Agreement Preference Indicators
3.1.1. Coverage Rate3.1.2. Utility Rate; 3.1.3. Utilization Rate; 3.1.4. Value of Free Trade Agreement Preferences; 3.1.5. Data Sources: Customs Data and Firm Surveys; 3.1.6. Strengths and Limitations of Free Trade Agreement Preference Indicators; 3.2. Free Trade Agreement Trade and Welfare Indicators; 3.2.1. Qualitative Analysis of Trade Creation and Trade Diversion; 3.2.2. Quantitative Indicators of Trade and Welfare Effects; 3.2.3. Strengths and Limitations of Free Trade Agreement Trade and Welfare Indicators; 3.3. The Gravity Model; 3.3.1. Gravity Model Data
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Subject Free trade.
Free trade -- Econometric models
Free trade
Free trade -- Econometric models
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9290923040
9789290923046