SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance
No 455:
Non-Tariff Barriers, Market Access and Trade
Thomas Mathä ()
Abstract: This paper analyses the effects of non-tariff barriers, in
terms of both variable and fixed export costs, on trade structure. The
relationship between fixed and variable trade costs determines whether
international trade emerges. If trade emerges, only variable, but not fixed
export costs, influence the trade structure. The empirical results suggest
that non-tariff barriers act, in particular, as fixed export costs, as the
trade and intra-industry trade emerge in a larger number of industries than
prior to the Single European Market programme, while the share of
intra-industry trade is unaffected.
Keywords: Factor Endowments; Country Size; Non-Tariff Barriers; Market Access; Economic Integration; Intra-& Inter-Industry Trade; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F12; F15; (follow links to similar papers)
23 pages, July 17, 2001
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