@article{Emlinger:10098,
      recid = {10098},
      author = {Emlinger, Charlotte and Lozza, Emmanuelle Chevassus and  Jacquet, Florence},
      title = {EU market access for Mediterranean fruit and vegetables: A  gravity model assessment},
      address = {2006},
      number = {736-2016-50814},
      series = {Seminar Paper},
      pages = {16},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {Since 1995, a liberalization process - the so- called  Barcelona Process - has begun in the Mediterranean area. It  aims at establishing a free trade area for 2010 in the  Mediterranean Basin. For the moment the full liberalization  concerns industrial product s trade whereas agriculture  remains sensitive. Among agricultural product s, the fruit  and vegetables (F&V) sector is essential for Mediterranean  countries and the EU is their first trading partner. In  this context, two questions arise: Firstly, to what extent  protection influence trade for the med countries, compared  to the other countries? Secondly, what would be the impacts  of a greater liberalization on F&V trade between the EU and  Mediterranean Countries? Our model, based on the new  development s of gravity equation focuses on the  difficulties faced by the Mediterranean countries to enter  on the EU market, compared to the other EU partners,  considering the relative impact of the different trade  costs. It is estimated at the product level, in a sector  with a huge specificity: some product s may be very  perishable and thus particularly time sensitive. The  Mediterranean basin appears as a highly heterogeneous  country bloc. Beside the actual level of preferences  allowed by the EU, two main elements vary according to the  exporting  country : its tariff sensitivity and its "non-  tariff" trade resistance. Thus, with respect to the Euromed  liberalization, the higher the tariff sensitivity the  higher the impact of liberalization on trade and this  impact can be limited by a high trade resistance (NTB,  logistic constraints...).},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/10098},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.10098},
}