TY  - JOUR
AU  - Amiti,Mary
AU  - Romalis,John
TI  - Will the Doha Round Lead to Preference Erosion?
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 12971
PY  - 2007
Y2  - March 2007
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12971
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12971.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Mary Amiti
International Research
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty St
New York, NY 10045-0001
E-Mail: Mary.Amiti@ny.frb.org

John Romalis
University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business
5807 South Woodlawn Avenue, Ste. 421
Chicago, IL 60637
E-Mail: jromalis@gsb.uchicago.edu
AB  - This paper assesses the effects of reducing tariffs under the Doha Round on market access for developing countries. It shows that for many developing countries, actual preferential access is less generous than it appears because of low product coverage or complex rules of origin. Thus lowering tariffs under the multilateral system is likely to lead to a net increase in market access for many developing countries, with gains in market access offsetting losses from preference erosion. Furthermore, comparing various tariff-cutting proposals, the research shows that the largest gains in market access are generated by higher tariff cuts in agriculture.
ER  -