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Tariff evasion and customs corruption : does pre-shipment inspection help?

Author:	Olivier Cadot; Jose Anson; Marcelo Olarreaga;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3156
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2003/11/10
Document Date:	2003/10/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS3156	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Common Carriers Industry; Export Competitiveness; Trade Policy; Transport and Trade Logistics; Multi Modal Transport; Trade and Regional Integration
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The authors provide a new approach to the evaluation of pre-shipment inspection (PSI) programs as ways of improving tariff-revenue collection and reducing fraud when customs administrations are corrupt. They build a model highlighting the contribution of surveillance firms to the generation of information and describing how incentives for fraud and collusive behavior between importers and customs are affected by the introduction of PSI. The authors show theoretically that the introduction of PSI has an ambiguous effect on the level of customs fraud. Empirically, the econometric results suggest that PSI reduced fraud in the Philippines, it increased it in Argentina, and did not have significant impact in Indonesia.


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