A global assessment of the economic effects of export taxes

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.creator.identifierAntoine Bouet: 0000-0002-8020-8877
cg.creator.identifierDavid Laborde: 0000-0003-3644-3498
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12072en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0378-5920en
cg.issn1467-9701en
cg.issue10en
cg.journalThe World Economyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume36en
dc.contributor.authorLaborde Debucquet, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorEstrades, Carmenen
dc.contributor.authorBouët, Antoineen
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-01T13:55:24Zen
dc.date.available2024-10-01T13:55:24Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/152964
dc.titleA global assessment of the economic effects of export taxesen
dcterms.abstractThis paper uses a new detailed global data set on export taxes at the HS6 level and the MIRAGE global Computable General Equilibrium model to assess the impact of export taxes on the world economy. We find that removing export taxes would have worldwide effects: the average export tax on global merchandise trade was 0.48 per cent in 2007, with the bulk of these taxes imposed on energy products. The removal of these taxes would increase global welfare by 0.23 per cent, a larger figure than expected gains from the Doha Round. Both developed and emerging economies, such as China and India, would gain from such policies even if they currently impose export taxes. Medium and small food‐importing countries without market power (such as the least‐developed countries) would also benefit from the elimination of export restrictions – especially during food crisis situations. Both the energy sector and the export taxes implemented by the Commonwealth of Independent States countries appear to play a critical role in the overall economic impact of such a policy change. However, the fact that some countries, such as Argentina, would experience income losses due to such a policy change is a major challenge to overall positive reform in this area.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2013-05-02
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLaborde Debucquet, David; Estrades, Carmen; and Bouët, Antoine. 2013. A global assessment of the economic effects of export taxes. The World Economy 36(10): 1333-1354. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12072en
dcterms.extentpp. 1333-1354en
dcterms.issued2013-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/4259en
dcterms.subjecttaxesen
dcterms.subjectexportsen
dcterms.subjecttrade barriersen
dcterms.subjectmodelsen
dcterms.subjectcomputable general equilibrium modelsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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