AGOA or EBA?
(2014) NEKH01 20141Department of Economics
- Abstract (Swedish)
- The United States (US) and European Union (EU) both have preferential trade agreements with least developed countries with the aim of increasing trade volumes in order to catalyse development. The US implemented their system, the “African Growth and Opportunity Act” (AGOA) in 2000 and the EU followed with “Everything But Arms” (EBA) in 2001. Since these preference systems have the goal of increasing development by raising export earnings, it is important to analyse whether or not they fulfill their goal and if not, how they should change in order to become more effective. This paper aims at comparing the two systems in order to investigate which system is more effective in its goal of increasing trade volumes. Unlike other studies, this... (More)
- The United States (US) and European Union (EU) both have preferential trade agreements with least developed countries with the aim of increasing trade volumes in order to catalyse development. The US implemented their system, the “African Growth and Opportunity Act” (AGOA) in 2000 and the EU followed with “Everything But Arms” (EBA) in 2001. Since these preference systems have the goal of increasing development by raising export earnings, it is important to analyse whether or not they fulfill their goal and if not, how they should change in order to become more effective. This paper aims at comparing the two systems in order to investigate which system is more effective in its goal of increasing trade volumes. Unlike other studies, this paper includes both systems in one model in order make an accurate comparison. Using a gravity model, trade volumes from least developed countries to the US and EU15 were analysed over the time period 1998-2006. The results show that neither AGOA nor EBA have any significant effect on trade volumes, and thus the systems should be reviewed and improved in order to fulfill their goals. (Less)
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- author
- Huzell, Martina LU and Dewill, Annie LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Does the African Growth and Opportunity Act or Everything But Arms have a more significant effect on trade from Least Developed Countries?
- course
- NEKH01 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- AGOA EBA LDC trade development
- language
- English
- id
- 4460259
- date added to LUP
- 2014-06-23 22:12:17
- date last changed
- 2014-06-23 22:12:17
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