Impact of Kazakhstan Accession to WTO: A Quantitative Assessment

Summary

In this paper, the authors use a computable general equilibrium model of the Kazakhstan economy to assess the impact of accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which encompasses (i) improved market access, (ii) Kazakhstan tariff reduction, (iii) reduction of barriers against entry by multinational service providers, and (iv) reform of local content and value-added tax policies confronting multinational firms in the oil sector.

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