Regional Impacts of Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization

In this paper we develop a computable general equilibrium model of the regions of Russia to assess the impact of accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the regions of Russia. We estimate that the average gain in welfare as a percentage of consumption for the whole country is 7.8 percent...

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Main Authors:	Rutherford, Thomas, Tarr, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE TRADE ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING CASES AVERAGE TARIFF BUSINESS SERVICES CITIES COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT ELASTICITY OF TRANSFORMATION CONSUMERS COUNTERFACTUAL SIMULATIONS CURRENCY DEMAND FOR GOODS ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS LITERATURE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT TAXES EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FIXED COSTS FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN GOODS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FREE TRADE GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GOOD INVESTMENT CLIMATE IMPACT OF TRADE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORT DUTIES INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT LIBERALIZATION MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL REVENUE MARKET ACCESS MARKET ECONOMY MARKET POWER MARKET PRICES MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MONOPOLY MULTINATIONAL FIRMS MUTUAL FUND NATIONAL OUTPUT NONDISCRIMINATORY BARRIERS OWNERSHIP SHARES PRICE TAKERS PRIMARY FACTORS PRIMARY FACTORS OF PRODUCTION PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFITABILITY REAL EXCHANGE RATE REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REGULATORY BARRIERS SALES SERVICES MARKETS SPREAD SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTES SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CURVES SURPLUS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTION TAX RATES TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE SERVICES TERMS OF TRADE TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MODELS TRADE REGIME UNSKILLED LABOR VALUE OF IMPORTS WAGES WELFARE GAINS WESTERN EUROPE WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO ZERO PROFITS ZERO TARIFF
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