Free Trade Areas and the Construction of an Efficient Mechanism to Satisfy Industrialization Targets

The third essay investigates the role played by domestic importers and foreign exporters in improving preferential access to the domestic market. To this end, the framework used in this essay extends the protection for sale analysis to explicitly model the role of domestic importers and foreign exporters in the determination of preferential trade treatment. The predictions of the model are tested using data on preferential trade between the United States and Latin American countries. The results suggest that Latin American exporters and US importers' lobbying efforts have a significant, and important role in determining the extent of preferential access granted by the United States. More interestingly, these findings also show that U.S. importers capture a very substantial share of the rents generated by tariff preferences.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Da Silva, Peri Agostinho, Jr

Contributors dc:contributor

• Grinols, Earl L.

• Economics, General

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3198963

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85555