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Estimates of trade-related adjustment costs in Syria

Author:	Lim, Jamus Jerome; Saborowski, Christian;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5368
Country:	Syrian Arab Republic;	Date Stored:	2010/07/21
Document Date:	2010/07/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Major Sector:	Finance; Industry and trade
Rel. Proj ID:	SY-Syria Trade Policy Reform Program -- -- P117518;	Region:	Middle East and North Africa
Report Number:	WPS5368	Sub Sectors:	General finance sector; General industry and trade sector
SubTopics:	Economic Theory & Research; Trade Policy; Debt Markets; Free Trade; International Trade and Trade Rules	Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The scope and complexity of international trading arrangements in the Middle East, as well as their spotty historical record of success, underscores the urgent need for an adequate understanding of the relative costs and benefits of participation in preferential trading arrangements and, more generally, of changes in domestic import regimes. This paper seeks to address this problem by providing estimates of the adjustment costs associated with two broad classes of hypothetical trade policy scenarios for Syria: participation in preferential trading arrangements, and changes in the domestic import regime. The authors find that the revenue consequences of the first scenario may be substantial. Their analysis of the second scenario suggests that the number of tariff bands can be reduced, while ensuring revenue neutrality, via the introduction of a value added tax of sufficient but reasonable size.


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