The Effectiveness of Industrial Countrys' Preferential Market Access Arrangements on Stimulating Caribbean Exports

The study is confined to evaluating the effectiveness of trade preferences extended by major industrial countries. Two approaches are used to make this evaluation. The first approach is a gravity trade model that relies in both time series and cross-sectional data. The Gravity equation includes variables that comprises both demand and supply factors as well as dummy variables to reflect structural changes associated with preferences. The period of observation is from 1976-1986 and the estimates are based on aggregate trade and selected product groups. The second approach involved estimating U.S., European and Japanese import demand functions for individual commodities that are considered to be foreign exchange earners. The primary thrust of the model is to ascertain the trade effects of the major preference programs used in the gravity equation part of the trade flow analyses.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural Economics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Carew, Richard Aloysius

Contributors dc:contributor

• Schmidt, Stephen C.

• Economics, Agricultural

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8908639

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69892