Brazilian trade policies: some observed and estimated effects of the 1990s liberalization

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Autor(a) principal: Tyler, William
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Gurgel, Angelo Costa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/35965
Resumo: This paper seeks to examine economic effects of Brazil's trade policy liberalization in the early-1990s. The effects in Brazil, along with those of many other countries pursuing similar reforms, have been contentious. The period in question was one of macroeconomic turmoil followed by successful stabilization, and various policies were pursued sometimes simultaneously, rendering it analytically difficult to separate out various policy effects. The paper examines the existing evidence on the country's productivity growth and employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to simulate the effects of trade policy changes. The analysis suggests that the trade policy reforms resulted in significant welfare gains for Brazil.
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spelling Brazilian trade policies: some observed and estimated effects of the 1990s liberalization liberalização comercialproteçãomodelagem de equilíbrio geraltrade liberalizationprotectiongeneral equilibrium model analysis This paper seeks to examine economic effects of Brazil's trade policy liberalization in the early-1990s. The effects in Brazil, along with those of many other countries pursuing similar reforms, have been contentious. The period in question was one of macroeconomic turmoil followed by successful stabilization, and various policies were pursued sometimes simultaneously, rendering it analytically difficult to separate out various policy effects. The paper examines the existing evidence on the country's productivity growth and employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to simulate the effects of trade policy changes. The analysis suggests that the trade policy reforms resulted in significant welfare gains for Brazil. Este trabalho intenciona examinar efeitos econômicos da liberalização brasileira de políticas comerciais introduzidas durante os anos iniciais da década de 1990. Os efeitos no Brasil, como em muitos outros países seguindo reformas parecidas, tem sido contenciosos. O período em questão foi de tumulto ma-croeconômico seguido por estabilização bem-sucedida, e diversas políticas foram implementadas às vezes simultaneamente, tornando-se analiticamente difícil separar e isolar os vários efeitos. O trabalho examina a evidência existente sobre o crescimento da produtividade do País e utiliza também um modelo computável de equilíbrio geral (CGE) em simular os efeitos de mudanças em política comercial. A análise sugere que as reformas nas políticas comerciais resultaram em ganhos significativos de bem-estar para o País. Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade2009-03-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/3596510.1590/S0101-41612009000100003Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo); v. 39 n. 1 (2009); 59-88 1980-53570101-4161reponame:Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPenghttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/35965/38682Copyright (c) 2009 William Tyler, Angelo Costa Gurgel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTyler, WilliamGurgel, Angelo Costa2020-12-21T12:37:35Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/35965Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/eePUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/oaiestudoseconomicos@usp.br||aldrighi@usp.br1980-53570101-4161opendoar:2020-12-21T12:37:35Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
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title Brazilian trade policies: some observed and estimated effects of the 1990s liberalization
spellingShingle Brazilian trade policies: some observed and estimated effects of the 1990s liberalization
Tyler, William
liberalização comercial
proteção
modelagem de equilíbrio geral
trade liberalization
protection
general equilibrium model analysis
title_short Brazilian trade policies: some observed and estimated effects of the 1990s liberalization
title_full Brazilian trade policies: some observed and estimated effects of the 1990s liberalization
title_fullStr Brazilian trade policies: some observed and estimated effects of the 1990s liberalization
title_full_unstemmed Brazilian trade policies: some observed and estimated effects of the 1990s liberalization
title_sort Brazilian trade policies: some observed and estimated effects of the 1990s liberalization
author Tyler, William
author_facet Tyler, William
Gurgel, Angelo Costa
author_role author
author2 Gurgel, Angelo Costa
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Tyler, William
Gurgel, Angelo Costa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv liberalização comercial
proteção
modelagem de equilíbrio geral
trade liberalization
protection
general equilibrium model analysis
topic liberalização comercial
proteção
modelagem de equilíbrio geral
trade liberalization
protection
general equilibrium model analysis
description This paper seeks to examine economic effects of Brazil's trade policy liberalization in the early-1990s. The effects in Brazil, along with those of many other countries pursuing similar reforms, have been contentious. The period in question was one of macroeconomic turmoil followed by successful stabilization, and various policies were pursued sometimes simultaneously, rendering it analytically difficult to separate out various policy effects. The paper examines the existing evidence on the country's productivity growth and employs a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to simulate the effects of trade policy changes. The analysis suggests that the trade policy reforms resulted in significant welfare gains for Brazil.
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