Holdings: Implications for South Asian Countries for Abolishing the Multifibre Arrangement

Implications for South Asian Countries for Abolishing the Multifibre Arrangement

The authors provide a simple introduction to the economics of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) and use available empirical evidence to examine its impact on exports of garments and textiles, focusing on India. Their review of the basic economics of...

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Main Authors:	Kathuria, Sanjay, Martin, Will, Bhardwaj, Anjali
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	MULTIFIBER ARRANGEMENTS TEXTILE FIBRES CLOTHING INDUSTRY EXPORT MARKETS TRADE QUOTAS RENT-SEEKING EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EXPORT TAXES EXPORT POLICY COMPETITIVENESS TRADE LIBERALIZATION ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY APPAREL APPAREL EXPORT APPAREL EXPORTS APPAREL INDUSTRY AVERAGE PRICES BENCHMARK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONCESSIONS CONSUMERS DEMAND CURVE DEMAND CURVES DEVALUATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DOMESTIC DISTORTIONS DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DUMPING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY OF DEMAND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXCESS DEMAND EXPORT BIAS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT ORIENTATION EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PRICE EXPORT PRICES EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SUPPLY EXPORT TAX EQUIVALENTS EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTOR PRICES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN FIRMS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT DUTIES IMPORT DUTY IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORTS IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INTERNATIONAL PRICES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEGISLATION MARKET ACCESS MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MARKET POWER OUTPUT POLICY ENVIRONMENT POTENTIAL OUTPUT PRODUCERS PRODUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES QUOTA LEVELS QUOTA RENTS QUOTAS SALES SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CURVE TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF EQUIVALENTS TAXATION TERMS OF TRADE TERMS OF TRADE EFFECTS THIRD MARKETS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE LOSSES TRADE REGIME TRANSACTION COSTS URUGUAY ROUND VALUE OF EXPORTS VALUE OF IMPORTS WELFARE GAINS WELFARE IMPACTS WTO ZERO ELASTICITY MULTIFIBER ARRANGEMENT ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY TRADE LIBERALIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1643368/implications-south-asian-countries-abolishing-multifibre-arrangement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19431

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