Trade Policy Analysis at a Sub-National Level: Replacing Canada by Its Provinces in the GTAP Model

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Lysenko ◽  
Dan Ciuriak ◽  
Jingliang Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
National Level

An Advanced Guide to Trade Policy Analysis​: The Structural Gravity Model

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoto V. Yotov ◽  
Roberta Piermartini ◽  
José-Antonio Monteiro ◽  
Mario Larch
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
Gravity Model

scholarly journals Business Lobbying: Mapping Policy Networks in Brazil in Mercosur

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Galia Benítez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Common External Tariff ◽  
Policy Structure ◽  
Business Lobbying ◽  
The Government

In the creation of trade policy, business actors have the most influence in setting policy. This article identifies and explains variations in how economic interest groups use policy networks to affect trade policymaking. This article uses formal social network analysis (SNA) to explore the patterns of articulation or a policy network between the government and business at the national level within regional trade agreements. The empirical discussion herein focuses on Brazil and the setting of exceptions list to Mercosur’s common external tariff. It specifically concentrates on the relations between the Brazilian executive branch and ten economic subsectors. The article finds that the patterns of articulation of these policy networks matter and that sectors with stronger ties to key government decision-makers have a structural advantage in influencing trade policy and obtaining and/or maintaining their desired, privileged trade policies, compared with sectors that are connected to government actors with weak decision-making power, but might have numerous and diversified connections. Therefore, sectors that have a strong pluralist–clientelist policy structure with connections to government actors with decision-making power have greater potential for achieving their target policies compared with more corporatist policy networks.

Sensitivity analysis in an imperfect substitutes model of preferential trade

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 630-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Reinert
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Formal Representation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Conduct Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Behavioral Parameters ◽  
Applied General Equilibrium Models

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a formal representation of the imperfect substitutes model (ISM) of partial equilibrium, trade policy analysis and to conduct sensitivity analysis on the behavioral parameters of the model. Design/methodology/approach – The paper develops an ISM in a manner that is conformable to more complex, applied general equilibrium models of trade policy analysis. Findings – The paper presents a set of sensitivity analyses on key behavioral parameters for a better understanding of the model's properties. Research limitations/implications – Sensitivity analysis on the values of behavioral parameters in ISMs needs to be conducted by trade policy modelers. Practical implications – The ISM is made more explicit here than in most representations, something that will be of great use to practitioners. Originality/value – While widely used in trade policy circles, the ISM is rarely explicitly formulated, nor the role of its behavioral parameters explored.

Could Positive Information Shift National-Level Beliefs?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Guisinger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Random Order ◽  
The United States ◽  
Trade Protection ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
First Case ◽  
Original Survey ◽  
Types Of Information

Chapter 8 asks whether changing the types of information provided to voters would sufficiently move public opinion to make such a strategy viable for political actors. Three original survey experiments explore the role of positive factual information, partisan factual information, and simple altruistic framing in shaping opinions. In the first case, a randomly selected half of respondents watched a trade supportive political campaign ad narrated by John McCain. In the second case, respondents received positive messages from experts about the benefits for the United States of the World Trade Organization and the costs to the United States of responding to Chinese currency manipulation, but the partisan attribution of the expert cited in these messages varied. In the final case, respondents identified in random order their preference for U.S. trade policy and their preference for Chinese trade policy. Although all three affected individuals’ beliefs, those effects were not strong enough to overcome most participants’ support for trade protection. Positive messages also increased, rather than decreased, gender and race gaps in preferences for trade protection. The chapter concludes by arguing that these findings support the decision of most individuals seeking reelection not to embrace pro-trade messages.

scholarly journals A systematic review of instruments for the analysis of national-level physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojana Klepac Pogrmilovic ◽  
Grant O’Sullivan ◽  
Karen Milton ◽  
Stuart J. H. Biddle ◽  
Zeljko Pedisic
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Sedentary Behaviour ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
National Level ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
Sector Type

Abstract Background This systematic review aimed to identify and critically assess available instruments for the analysis of national-level physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) policies and provide recommendations for their future use. Methods We conducted a systematic search of academic and grey literature through six bibliographic databases, Google and the websites of three international organisations for PA promotion to identify instruments that are used or that may be used for national-level PA/SB policy analysis. In order to describe and categorise the identified instruments, we used the Comprehensive Analysis of Policy on Physical Activity framework. This framework specifies the elements of a comprehensive analysis of PA/SB policies through the following categories: purpose, level, policy sector, type of policy, stages of policy cycle and scope of analysis. Results Out of 22,071 screened items, 26 publications describing 16 instruments met the selection criteria. All the instruments can be used for analysing PA policy, whilst only two include questions about SB policy. None of the instruments allow for the analysis of all the relevant components of national PA/SB policy. Some important elements of PA policy analysis, such as the tourism and research sectors, the agenda-setting and endorsement/legitimisation stages, and the effects of policy, are addressed by only a few instruments. Moreover, none of the instruments address unwritten formal statements, informal policies, and the termination and succession stages of the policy cycle. Conclusion Designing new instruments or adapting existing ones is needed to allow for a more thorough analysis of national PA and SB policies. Given that policy analysis covering all important components of PA/SB policy may be extremely time-consuming, a way forward might be to develop a set of complementary instruments, with each tool collecting detailed information about a specific component.

Policy analysis in the education sector in Colombia

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-168
Author(s):  
Sandra García ◽  
Darío Maldonado ◽  
Sarah Muñoz-Cadena
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
Training Compensation ◽  
Teacher Policy

This chapter presents a detailed case study of policies governing the hiring, training, compensation, and evaluation of schoolteachers. It traces reforms over a period of two decades and identifies key actors and competing decision criteria at each stage of the policy process. It also looks at teacher policy to illustrate the practice of policy analysis in education policy in Colombia at the national level after the 1990s reforms. The chapter uses reform in policies regarding public school teachers as a case to analyse the process of policy formulation and implementation in the education sector in Colombia. It defines several issues that have a direct impact on the quality of primary and secondary education.

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