Impact of TBTs on Trade in ICT Goods: Differentiating by Regulatory Objectives

• Authors: Mahdi Ghodsi

Abstracts

EN

This paper analyses how different types of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) imposed on imports of information and communications technology (ICT) goods globally affected the value and volume of imported goods during the period of 1996–2018. Key words cited in the TBTs give an indication of the aims behind the imposition of TBTs. The results indicate that TBTs have a strong positive impact on the value of imports. While many key words cited in TBTs notified to the World Trade Organization (WTO) affect the value and volume of imports in a positive way, certain other TBTs function as trade barriers.

Keywords

EN

Information and communications technology; non-tariff measures; technical barriers to trade; | Pseudo Poisson Maximum Likelihood; World Trade Organization

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Central European Economic Journal
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 58
• Pages: 97-127

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Mahdi Ghodsi

• The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/ceej-2024-0009

Biblioteka Nauki

29431179