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Rules of origin and consumer-hurting free trade agreements*
World Economy ( IF 2.000 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 , DOI: 10.1111/twec.13097
Hiroshi Mukunoki 1 , Hirofumi Okoshi 2, 3
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This study examines how the rules of origin (RoO) of a free trade agreement (FTA) affect firms' pricing strategies. The value-added criterion (VAC) of the RoO requires firms to add more than a certain level of value within an FTA when firms use inputs originating from outside the FTA. The VAC may work as a price floor, and the resulting increases in prices can benefit all firms if it induces an offshoring firm to manipulate its output price. Meanwhile, a consumer-hurting FTA formation is possible, even if all firms make tariff-free exports. Furthermore, such an FTA formation may worsen total welfare.

中文翻译:

原产地规则和损害消费者的自由贸易协定*

本研究考察了自由贸易协定 (FTA) 的原产地规则 (RoO) 如何影响公司的定价策略。RoO 的增值标准 (VAC) 要求当公司使用来自 FTA 之外的投入时,公司在 FTA 内增加的价值超过一定水平。VAC 可以作为价格底线,如果它诱导离岸公司操纵其产出价格,由此产生的价格上涨可以使所有公司受益。同时,即使所有公司都进行免关税出口,也有可能形成损害消费者的自由贸易协定。此外,这种自由贸易协定的形成可能会使总体福利恶化。
更新日期:2021-01-11
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