TY - BOOK ID - 84542034 TI - The Impact of Preference Erosionon Middle-Income Developing Countries AU - Lankes, Hans. AU - Alexandraki, Katerina. PY - 2004 SN - 146230950X 145275019X 1282046004 1451903626 9786613797780 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Tariff KW - Developing countries KW - Commercial policy. KW - Investments: Commodities KW - Exports and Imports KW - Taxation KW - Economic Theory KW - Trade Policy KW - International Trade Organizations KW - Agriculture in International Trade KW - Trade: General KW - Agriculture: General KW - Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis KW - Prices KW - International economics KW - Investment & securities KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Economic theory & philosophy KW - Exports KW - Agricultural commodities KW - Tariffs KW - Export earnings KW - Supply elasticity KW - International trade KW - Commodities KW - Taxes KW - Economic theory KW - Farm produce KW - Elasticity KW - Economics KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84542034 AB - Preference erosion has become an obstacle to multilateral trade liberalization, as beneficiaries of trade preferences have an incentive to resist reductions in mostfavored- nation (MFN) tariffs. This study identifies middle-income developing countries that are vulnerable to export revenue loss from preference erosion. It concludes that the problem is heavily concentrated in a sub-set of preference beneficiaries-primarily small island economies dependent on sugar, banana, and-to a lesser extent-textile exports. Accordingly, measures to help mitigate the impact of preference erosion can be closely targeted at the countries at risk. ER -