@article{Chemingui:331186,
      recid = {331186},
      author = {Chemingui, Mohamed Abdelbasset and Dessus, Sebastien},
      title = {Assessing Non-Tariff Barriers in Syria},
      address = {2004},
      pages = {17},
      year = {2004},
      note = {Presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Washington DC, USA},
      abstract = {Non-tariff barriers (NTBs) are supposedly high in Syria.  Comparing world and domestic prices of imports indeed  suggests that non-tariff barriers raise on average by 22  percent the domestic price of imported goods, against only  8 percent for tariffs. Their costs for the Syrian economy  is in turn assessed in this paper using a computable  general equilibrium model (CGE). Quantitative simulations  indicate that welfare gains resulting from a complete  removal of NTBs could range between 0.4 and 4.8 percent of  GDP, depending on the extent of technological upgrading  triggered by greater competition and access to foreign  markets and technology.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/331186},
}