Abstract

DE LA REZA, Germán A.  and  KOWALSKY, Jaar J.. Reglas de origen y sus principales efectos: Una revisión formal del argumento estándar. Prob. Des [online]. 2010, vol.41, n.160, pp.67-81. ISSN 0301-7036.

This article examines the hypothesis that preferential rules of origin have a protectionist character. Aimed at this, the analytical capacity of the two variables ignored by the standard argument is substantiated: a) the wage and its predominance in the explanation of the replacement of suppliers of labor-intensive products; and b) the administrative cost caused by the superimposition of rules of origin. In each case the extensions are formalized and their theoretical consequences marked out.

Keywords : rule of origin; trade protection; wage disparities; administrative cost; preferential trade.

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