The Trade Impact of European Union Preferential Policies

Luca  De Benedictis received his diplôme d' études supérieures (Degree of Advanced Studies) from the Graduate Institute of International Studies at Geneva and his Ph.D. from the Politechnic University of Marche and is presently Professor  of  international economics at  the  University of Macerata, Italy.  He is the author of several publications on  the empirical analysis of  international trade flows.Luca  Salvatici  received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis and is presently Professor  of  economic  policy  at  the  University of  Roma Tre,  Italy. He previously held positions at La Sapienza University of Roma and University of Molise, and was a consultant  for  the  World Bank  and  the  Food and Agriculture Organization. He is the author of several publications on  the measurement  of  protection  and  on  the  EU policies. 

Introduction.- EU Preferential Trading Arrangements: Evolution, Content and Use.- EU Preferential Margins: Measurement and Aggregation Issues.- The Gravity Model in International Trade.- Trade Impact of EU Preferential Policies: a Meta-analysis of the Literature.- Trade Impact of EU Preferences.- Analysing the Impact of Everything but Arms Initative Using a Gravity Model.- Trade Impact of EU Preferences: an Analysis with Monthly Data.- Trade Preference Through Tariff Rate Quotas and the Gravity Equation: Does the Tariff Equivalent Matter?- Trade Impact of EU Preferences: the Role of Compliance Costs.

From the reviews:

"This book concentrates on the first of these objectives by looking at the trade effects of the European Union's GSP as well as other regimes of EU trade preferences for LDCs. ... the volume might deserve a place in reading lists for courses in applied trade policy, particularly since Springer offers data and STATA code used in the applications as extra online material." (Wilhelm Kohler, Journal of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 232 (6), November, 2012)