Affiliation:
1. Department of Agriculture Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau Missouri USA
2. Department of Agricultural Economics Kansas State University Manhattan Kansas USA
Abstract
AbstractThe objective of this study is to estimate the impact of a unilateral tariff waiver to Pakistan from the EU, intended as a relief package after the 2010 floods, on cotton exports and production in the country. We use the Synthetic Control Method and the Interactive Fixed Effects Counterfactual Estimator to assess the impact of the 2010 flood and the 2012 tariff waiver. Our findings suggest that the 2010 flood in Pakistan and the subsequent 2012 tariff waiver had limited impacts on cotton exports and production in Pakistan.
Funder
National Institute of Food and Agriculture