Substitutability and protectionism : Latin America's trade policy and imports from China and India (English)

The authors examine the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in world markets. To explain higher protection in sectors where a large share is imported from these countries, they extend the "protection for sale" model to allow for different degrees of substitutability between domestically produced and imported varieties. The extension suggests that higher levels of protection toward Chinese goods...

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Facchini,Giovanni;

Olarreaga,Marcelo;

Silva,Peri;

Willmann,Gerald;
Document Date
2007/04/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4188
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Latin America, India, China,
Region
South Asia, East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Substitutability and protectionism : Latin America's trade policy and imports from China and India
Keywords
protection for sale

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Facchini,Giovanni; Olarreaga,Marcelo; Silva,Peri; Willmann,Gerald.

Substitutability and protectionism : Latin America's trade policy and imports from China and India (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4188 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/678311468237851659

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