技术性贸易壁垒国内研究综述及外文文献.doc

本份文档包含：关于该选题的外文文献 、文献综述 一、外文文献 标题: THE IMPACT OF TECHNICAL BARRIER TO TRADE ON PAKISTAN TEXTILE 作者: Shah M. 期刊: Pakistan Journal of Science, 卷: 66；期: 2；页:130-137； 年份: 2014 THE IMPACT OF TECHNICAL BARRIER TO TRADE ON PAKISTAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY ABSTRACT: During the last three decades, trade barriers have been drastically reduced under obligations of WTO. Due to freedom in trade, competition has increased, forcing industries to improve their productivity to compete in this free market. However there are still some trade barriers which are used to block market access. Technical Barrier to Trade (TBT) is one of such barriers. In this study the impact of TBT on export performance of Pakistan textile industry has been empirically evaluated. A model was framed which represented TBT and export performance as variables. Primary data was collected from top textile firms of Pakistan. Multiple regression analysis was applied on the primary data. Results indicated that TBT has positively affected the performance of Pakistan textile industry. Keywords: WTO, TBT, export performance, textile industry, Pakistan. INTRODUCTION Trade liberalization is considered as catalyst which stimulates economic activity in a progressive economy. It opens up market economy to flourish and prosper. In poor countries, trade liberalization improves the economy and helps reduce poverty (Dollar and Kraay, 2001, World Bank Report, 1987). Contrary to this, there are studies which indicate that there is not enough evidence to support relationship between economic growth and trade liberalization (Grossman and Helpman, 1991, Rodriguez, and Rodrik, 2000). The conviction that an outward looking trade policy is better than an inward-looking or shelter view^ias been enthusiastically discussed in the economic enhancement literature(Krueger, 1978, Dollar, 1992, Sachs and Warner, 1995). Whereas the belief that exports are good for economic development is well established, but the ways to expor