@article{Bchir:331435,
      recid = {331435},
      author = {Bchir, Mohamed Hedi and Jean, Sébastien and Laborde,  David},
      title = {Binding overhang and tariff-cutting formulas: A  systematic, world-wide quantitative assessment},
      address = {2005},
      pages = {19},
      year = {2005},
      note = {Presented at the 8th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Lübeck, Germany},
      abstract = {Based on WTO’s Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS)  database and on national sources, we propose a systematic  assessment of ad valorem-equivalent bound duties at the  detailed product level, for almost all WTO members. In  doing this in a way fully consistent with the assessment of  applied protection provided in the MAcMap-HS6 database  (Bouët et al., 2004), we build a unique tool allowing the  full structure of protection –bound, MFN applied,  preferential applied duties- to be accurately assessed. We  use this database to provide with a worldwide assessment of  the binding overhang, i.e. the gap between bound and  applied MFN tariffs. We also assess the likely  applied-protection impact of an agreement in the Doha  Round, based on the Harbinson Proposal for agricultural  products, and on the Girard Proposal for non-agricultural  products. In all cases, we show the difference between  bound and applied protection to be key in understanding  both the structure of protection worldwide, and the  possible impact of liberalisation scenario cutting bound  duties, as uses to be the case in multilateral  liberalisations.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/331435},
}