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題名 An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts on Taiwan of Reducing Tariff Escalation on Agriculture-related Products in WTO Doha Round Negotiations
作者 李慧琳;張靜貞;翁永和;許聖民;徐世勳
Lee, Huey-Lin; Chang,Ching-Cheng;Weng,Yung-Ho;Hsu ,Sheng-Ming ;Hsu,Shih-Hsun
關鍵詞 tariff escalation; tariff wedge; computable general equilibrium model
日期 2014
上傳時間 6-Oct-2010 11:32:53 (UTC+8)
摘要 Tariff escalation becomes one of the major issues in the new Doha Round negotiation because it is viewed as a stumbling block to the industrialization development for the developing countries. When tariffs on products escalate with the stage of processing, the effective rate of protection, or the tariff expressed as fractions of value-added after deducting intermediate inputs from product value, also increases. Thus, tariff escalation potentially signals high rates of protection for value-added or processed products, and can inhibit international trade in these goods. The major purpose of this study is to examine the degrees of tariff escalations in Taiwan`s agriculture -related commodities and the economic consequences to reduce them. A simplified theoretical model is first established to illustrate the structural impacts and welfare implications of reducing tariff escalation. Then a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of Taiwan is applied to simulate the economy-wide impacts of three alternative reduction proposals. The model distinguishes 160 sectors, 6 types of labor, 8 types of margins and 160 commodities compiled from the Input-Output tables of 2004. Simulation results indicate that if welfare improvement is the major policy concern, then Taiwan should favor the reduction because it improves the overall welfare of Taiwan. However, if farmers` welfare is the major policy concern, then Taiwan should act against the reduction. In case the consensus to reduce tariff escalations has been determined, then the second-best choice would be to offer upstream industries relatively smaller tariff reduction rates than the downstream industries.
關聯 China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. 6 Issue: 1, pp.55-72
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CAER-06-2012-0058
dc.creator (作者) 李慧琳;張靜貞;翁永和;許聖民;徐世勳zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Lee, Huey-Lin; Chang,Ching-Cheng;Weng,Yung-Ho;Hsu ,Sheng-Ming ;Hsu,Shih-Hsun-
dc.date (日期) 2014en_US
dc.date.accessioned 6-Oct-2010 11:32:53 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 6-Oct-2010 11:32:53 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 6-Oct-2010 11:32:53 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/46368-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Tariff escalation becomes one of the major issues in the new Doha Round negotiation because it is viewed as a stumbling block to the industrialization development for the developing countries. When tariffs on products escalate with the stage of processing, the effective rate of protection, or the tariff expressed as fractions of value-added after deducting intermediate inputs from product value, also increases. Thus, tariff escalation potentially signals high rates of protection for value-added or processed products, and can inhibit international trade in these goods. The major purpose of this study is to examine the degrees of tariff escalations in Taiwan`s agriculture -related commodities and the economic consequences to reduce them. A simplified theoretical model is first established to illustrate the structural impacts and welfare implications of reducing tariff escalation. Then a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of Taiwan is applied to simulate the economy-wide impacts of three alternative reduction proposals. The model distinguishes 160 sectors, 6 types of labor, 8 types of margins and 160 commodities compiled from the Input-Output tables of 2004. Simulation results indicate that if welfare improvement is the major policy concern, then Taiwan should favor the reduction because it improves the overall welfare of Taiwan. However, if farmers` welfare is the major policy concern, then Taiwan should act against the reduction. In case the consensus to reduce tariff escalations has been determined, then the second-best choice would be to offer upstream industries relatively smaller tariff reduction rates than the downstream industries.-
dc.language.iso en_US-
dc.relation (關聯) China Agricultural Economic Review, Vol. 6 Issue: 1, pp.55-72en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) tariff escalation; tariff wedge; computable general equilibrium model-
dc.title (題名) An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts on Taiwan of Reducing Tariff Escalation on Agriculture-related Products in WTO Doha Round Negotiationsen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1108/CAER-06-2012-0058en_US
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CAER-06-2012-0058en_US