The Welfare Gains of a Trade-Diverting Customs Union Reinterpreted

1966 ◽  
Vol 76 (303) ◽  
pp. 669 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Mishan
Keyword(s):  
Customs Union ◽  
Welfare Gains

A PARTIAL ASEAN CUSTOMS UNION POST 2015?

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (03) ◽  
pp. 593-617
Author(s):  
SANCHITA BASU DAS ◽  
RAHUL SEN ◽  
SADHANA SRIVASTAVA
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Welfare Gains ◽  
Applied General Equilibrium ◽  
Equilibrium Modeling ◽  
Welfare Losses ◽  
Asean Economic Community ◽  
General Equilibrium Modeling

This paper explores the feasibility of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) moving forward to the next step of economic integration, i.e., towards an ASEAN Customs Union (ACU) post-2015. Effectively, the way to progress towards an ACU is by forming it among ASEAN-9 members with Singapore maintaining its existing zero tariffs against non-members, thereby creating a Partial ACU. Using applied general equilibrium modeling exercise based on GTAP, the findings suggest that there are potential net positive welfare gains to be collectively reaped by ASEAN if it moves from an AFTA to a partial ACU post-2015. However, not all ASEAN members will individually gain from such an ACU and members may need to devise a feasible mechanism wherein some member country welfare losses in an ACU can be compensated by the members who gain. The paper argues that in spite of political economy challenges due to ASEAN’s unique characteristics and diversity in the levels of economic development among members, such a Partial ACU could be considered by ASEAN leaders due to its strategic imperatives.

A novel institution: the Zollverein and the origins of the customs union

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Florian Ploeckl
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Institutional Form ◽  
Welfare Gains ◽  
Agenda Setter ◽  
Multilateral Negotiations ◽  
German States ◽  
Reservation Prices

Abstract The Zollverein, the outcome of sequential negotiations between Prussia and other sovereign German states in 1834, was the first international customs union, the template for modern ones such as the European Union. This paper applies a bargaining model to analyse the logic behind the creation of this novel institutional form and the choice of sequential rather than multilateral negotiations. The existence of negative coalition externalities, the effects of new coalitions on non-participants, led the agenda setter, Prussia, to choose sequential over multilateral negotiations as that lowered the membership reservation prices of the other states involved. Institutionally, the features of a customs union structure provided a higher payoff for the agenda setter than capturing the welfare gains from the differential tariff setting in a free trade agreement, explaining the emergence of this novel institutional structure on an international scale.

The Welfare Gains of a Trade-Diverting Customs Union: Comment

1967 ◽  
Vol 77 (307) ◽  
pp. 652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray C. Kemp
Keyword(s):  
Customs Union ◽  
Welfare Gains

Eurasian Economic Union: A sober look

2016 ◽  
pp. 43-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Vinokurov
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
Macroeconomic Policies ◽  
Member States ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Ongoing Work ◽  
General Rules ◽  
Economic Union ◽  
Trade And Investment

The paper appraises current progress in establishing the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Although the progress has slowed down after the initial rapid advancement, the Union is better viewed not as an exception from the general rules of regional economic integration but rather as one of the functioning customs unions with its successes and stumbling blocs. The paper reviews the state of Eurasian institutions, the establishment of the single market of goods and services, the situation with mutual trade and investment flows among the member states, the ongoing work on the liquidation/unification of non-tariff barriers, the problems of the efficient coordination of macroeconomic policies, progress towards establishing an EAEU network of free trade areas with partners around the world, the state of the common labor market, and the dynamics of public opinion on Eurasian integration in the five member states.

Turkey-EU Trade After Customs Union Agreement

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (57) ◽  
pp. 925-931
Author(s):  
Koray ATEŞ
Keyword(s):  
Customs Union

Assessing maximal allowable levels for simultaneous skin and eyes exposure to laser irradiation of various wavelengths

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
Boris N. Rakhmanov ◽  
Vladimir I. Kezik ◽  
Vladimir T. Kibovsky ◽  
Valentin M. Ponomarev
Keyword(s):  
Total Energy ◽  
Laser Irradiation ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Laser Safety ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Allowable Level ◽  
Correct Formula

Introduction.Evidences prove falseness of formula determining maximal allowable level of total energy of laser irradiation in case when eyes or skin are simultaneously exposed to several irradiation sources with various wavelengths. The formula was mentioned in actual «Sanitary rules and regulations for lasers construction and exploitation» Nо 5804–91 and in SanPiN 2.2.4.3359–16, that in a part of VIII section «Laser irradiation atworkplace» are latest acting regulation document on laser safety. SanPiN 2.2.4.13–2–2006 of Belarus Republic and regulation document Nо 299 of Customs Union Commission of Eurasia Economic Community on 28/05/2010 appeared to contain other, more correct formula determining the same maximal allowable level.Objectivewas to improve regulation basis in laser safety by correcting mistakes made previously in regulation documents.Deducing formulae.The article presents thorough and consistent deducing a formula to determine total energy of laser irradiation in case when eyes or skin are simultaneously and jointly exposed to several irradiation sources with various wavelengths. The efforts resulted in the formula that agreed with formulae presented in the regulation document on laser safety of Belarus Republic and in the regulation document Nо 299 of Customs Union Commission of Eurasia Economic Community on 28/05/2010.Discussion.Correctness of the obtained formula is supported by numerical examples and by comparison with other formulae used in regulation documents on hygienic regulation of other acting factors.Conclusion.Results of the work are summarized, and emphasis is made on its value for solving problems of improving regulation basis for laser safety.

ON THE NEED TO SYNCHRONIZE RULES AND METHODS OF RESEARCH OF SAFETY INDICATORS OF NON-FOOD PRODUCTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TECHNICAL REGULATIONS OF THE CUSTOMS UNION

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
M.I. Chubirko ◽  
O.V. Klepikov ◽  
G.P. Dubova ◽  
E.M. Studenikina
Keyword(s):  
Food Products ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
Objective Data ◽  
Safety Index ◽  
Formaldehyde In Air ◽  
Technical Regulations

The article considers problematic practical moments of compliance with the rules and methods of research of safety indicators of non-food products in accordance with the requirements of the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union. The authors give examples of the inconsistency of the measurement procedures presented in the lists, indicated in the lists of various technical regulations for the study of non-food products, directly affects the work of laboratories and limits their ability to conduct research. Using the example of methods for determining the concentration of formaldehyde in air extracts indicated in different technical regulations for non-food products, it is shown that in practice there are situations when the same safety index for different groups of goods is investigated according to different measurement methods. It has been shown that until now in the lists of documents in the field of standardization, containing rules and methods of research (testing) and measurements, there are methods that do not meet the sensitivity requirements specified in the same technical regulations, as well as certain documents that have become invalid. Proposals on synchronization of rules and methods for researching the safety indicators of non-food products for timely provision of sanitary and epidemiological surveillance with objective data on valid up-to-date documents have been developed.

Political Asymmetry and Common External Tariffs in a Customs Union

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Sajal Lahiri ◽  
Suryadipta Roy
Keyword(s):  
Customs Union
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