Skip to main content

The Official Journal of the Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS)

Table 5 Experiment design.

From: Impact of alternative regional trade arrangements on the Ethiopian economy

Scenarios

Regional integration

Description of experiments

Model closure

Scenario 1

COMESA FTA

There is full FTA among all COMESA member countries

Standard

Scenario 2

COMESA FTA

There is full FTA among all COMESA member countries

unemployment

Scenario 3

COMESA Customs Union

All COMESA member countries move from FTA to customs union

unemployment

Scenario 4

EPA

EPA negotiating COMESA countries remove all import tariffs on goods originating from EU-27

unemployment