What Does WTO Membership Kindle in Transition Economies?

• 영문명: What Does WTO Membership Kindle in Transition Economies?: An Empirical Investigation
• 발행기관: 세종대학교 경제통합연구소
• 저자명: Nauro F. Campos
• 간행물 정보: 『Journal of Economic Integration』제19권 제2호, 395~415쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경제학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.06.30

영문 초록

Many believe that an important benefit from membership in international organizations is the lessening of political constraints to domestic reforms which would, ultimately, generate greater trade openness, FDI inflows and economic growth. These ideas have received limited empirical testing. This paper tries to fill this gap using panel data for 25 transition economies during the 1990s. We find that WTO membership had little impact on trade openness, FDI and growth, but a positive effect on domestic reform (external liberalization). Unfortunately, we can not yet distinguish whether this effect is real or due to the poor measurement of reform.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. The First Decade of Transition

Ⅲ. Trade Openness and Economic Reform in Transition

Ⅳ. Empirical Results

Ⅴ. Conclusions

키워드

WTO Economic reform Transition economies