Choosing Between Multiple Preferential Tariff Schemes: Evidence from Japan's imports
Choosing Between Multiple Preferential Tariff Schemes: Evidence from Japan's imports
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2017
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Hayakawa Kazunobu;Urata Shujiro;Yoshimi Taiyo
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作者：
Hayakawa Kazunobu;Urata Shujiro;Yoshimi Taiyo
大型区域贸易协定 (RTA)，例如跨太平洋伙伴关系协定，可能与现有的 RTA 网络重叠。当 RTA 网络重叠时，企业在交易时需要从多个 RTA 方案中进行选择。本研究调查了当有多个 RTA 方案可用时，RTA 关税税率如何影响自己和其他关税方案的使用。我们首先从理论上探讨这种选择并得出一些命题。然后，我们对日本进口的这些主张进行实证检验，因为日本已经与一些东南亚国家联盟（ASEAN）国家不仅签订了双边而且还签订了多边区域贸易协定。主要发现是，当 RTA 计划的优惠费率低于其他 RTA 的费率时，其利用率就更高。
Mega regional trade agreements (RTAs), such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, are likely to overlap with existing RTA networks. When RTA networks overlap, firms are required to choose from multiple RTA schemes when they trade. This study investigates how RTA tariff rates affect the use of both own and other tariff schemes when multiple RTA schemes are available. We first theoretically explore such choice and derive some propositions. Then, we empirically test those propositions for Japan's imports because Japan already has not only bilateral but also multilateral RTAs with some Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The key finding is that the utilization rate of an RTA scheme is higher when its preferential rates are lower compared to the rates in the other RTAs.