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Rags and riches : implementing apparel quotas under the Multi-fiber Arrangement

Title: Rags and riches : implementing apparel quotas under the Multi-fiber Arrangement / Kala Marathe Krishna and Ling Hui Tan.
Author: Krishna, Kala.
Publication: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

Tan, Ling Hui.

Description

vi, 255 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

The Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) is among the most important nontariff trade barriers facing developing countries today. Originating over twenty years ago, it uses product-specific quotas intended to encourage the expansion of trade, reduce barriers, and further the liberalization of world trade in textile products. It has been argued, however, that the MFA may cut off access to major export markets for developing countries, thereby short-circuiting their industrialization process at an early stage.
Krishna and Tan conclude that the process of quota implementation begins with an initial system of regulation drawn up in order to meet certain desirable objectives. But over time, as loopholes are discovered in the system, additional layers of regulation continue to be introduced, resulting in a complicated, discretionary system that no longer meets the MFA's original objectives.

Series Statement

Studies in international economics

Uniform Title

Studies in international economics (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Overview -- 2. Validity of the Standard Competitive Model: Suggestive Evidence from Eight Countries -- 3. Imperfect Competition, Rent Appropriation, and Rent Sharing -- 4. Testing for Rent Sharing in Hong Kong -- 5. Testing for Rent Sharing in Korea -- 6. Testing for Rent Sharing in Mexico -- 7. The Importance of Implementation Practices -- 8. License Transferability -- 9. Free Quota -- 10. Quota Subcategorization -- 11. Some Observations on Quota Holdings and Transfers in Korea -- 12. Patterns of Quota Transfer in Indonesia -- 13. The Time Path of Quota License Prices -- 14. The Dynamic Behavior of Quota License Prices in Hong Kong -- 15. Comparing Actual and Imputed Quota License Prices in Indonesia -- 16. Summary and Conclusion -- App. I. Quota Implementation in Hong Kong -- App. II. Quota Implementation in Korea -- App. III. Quota Implementation in Indonesia -- App. IV. Quota Implementation in India -- App. V. Quota Implementation in Pakistan --
App. VI. Quota Implementation in Bangladesh.

ISBN

0472109340 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98034301

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