Empirical analysis of the economic impact from ALCA and Mercosul consolidation on Brazil

This paper analyses the impact of the FTAA creation and the deepeningof Mercosul on trade flows, GDP and welfare in Brazil and its Mercosur partnersbased on a computable general equilibrium model from the Global Trade AnalysisProject (GTAP). The first simulation examines the economic effects of the...

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Autores: Azevedo, André Filipe Zago de, Feijó, Flávio Tosi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
Repositorio:Revista de Economia (Curitiba. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.ufpr.br:article/22999
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufpr.br/economia/article/view/22999
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Modelos de Equilíbrio Geral; Integração Regional; ALCA; Mercosul
General Equilibrium Models; Regional Integration; FTAA; Mercosul
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Sumario:This paper analyses the impact of the FTAA creation and the deepeningof Mercosul on trade flows, GDP and welfare in Brazil and its Mercosur partnersbased on a computable general equilibrium model from the Global Trade AnalysisProject (GTAP). The first simulation examines the economic effects of the FTAAformation between 1995 (initial equilibrium) and 2016 (year of consolidation ofthe bloc) supposing the establishment of a Free Trade Area in 2016. The secondsimulation analyses the effects of the establishment of Mercosul’s common externaltariff (CET) in 2006. Brazil benefits from both scenarios with regards to welfare gains, with FTAA formation bringing benefits marginally higher than the deepeningof Mercosul.