Essays about: "customs tariff"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words customs tariff.

1. 1. Mind the Gap: Quantifying fraud on Swedish exports using bilateral trade asymmetries

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Giulian Etingin-Frati; Ivelina Ilkova; [2023]
   Keywords : International taxation; Trade; Tax evasion; Customs;

   Abstract : Using open-source international trade statistics, we analyse cases where export country statistics do not match import country statistics for the same trade flow due to fraud. Specifically, we are interested in uncovering undervaluation fraud, whereby importers understate the value of their goods in order to pay lower taxes. READ MORE

3. 2. Quantifying the Swiss Custom Strategy and Its Impact on Economic Development from 1870 to 1913

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Noa Gino Reggiani; [2023]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The late 19th century witnessed a remarkable surge in globalization, resulting in a substantial flow of goods, labour, and capital across national and continental borders. Switzerland, despite its limited domestic market and resource constraints, capitalized on this era of globalization and transformed itself from a relatively impoverished agrarian state to one of the world's wealthiest nations. READ MORE

4. 3. The economic logic behind the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union: A gravity model estimation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Vladislav Kaim; [2020]
   Keywords : post-Soviet space; Eurasian integration; Eurasian Economic Union; gravity model; trade flows; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper estimates the impact of the processes of the Eurasian integration in the post-Soviet space that led to the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in 2015 over the exports of the member countries and their main partners outside the EEU and its predecessor, the Customs Union (CU). Applying the gravity model technique over the dataset for 1995-2015 obtained from UNESCAP Trade Analytics, it is possible to determine the influence of the CU membership of both exporter and importer countries over the exports of the former after controlling for all the economic, cultural and logistical independent variables and two different types of estimation (OLS and Poisson estimator). READ MORE

5. 4. An Ex-Post Utilization Study of the Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement in the Swiss Watch Industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Lauro Daniele Muff; [2019]
   Keywords : Bilateral Trade; Free Trade Agreement; SSFTA; Watchmaking; Utilization Rate; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the growing body of literature which examines the utilization of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement (SSFTA) was not only China’s first FTA with a continental European country, but also a milestone for the Swiss foreign policy. READ MORE

6. 5. The effect of sanitary and phytosanitary measures on EU exports: The case of agri-food products

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Sofie Andersson; [2018]
   Keywords : Gravity Model; Trade; Non-tariff Barriers; SPS; European Union; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : With protectionism on a global rise, non-tariff measures have been an object for public debates and research, as the work of WTO has reduced the possibilities of raising traditional trade restrictions as customs tariffs. Hence governments have turned to non-tariff measures and regulatory standards to fulfill their agendas. READ MORE