Caribbean Bananas : The Macroeconomic Impact of Trade Preference Erosion /

This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of the erosion of trade preferences, with a focus on the export of Caribbean bananas to Europe. Estimates are made of the magnitude of implicit assistance provided over a period of three decades to eastern Caribbean countries through banana trade prefere...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cashin, Paul
Other Authors: Haines, Cleary, Mlachila, Montfort
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/059
Online Access:Full text available on IMF