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When the East goes West: The impact of GATT on Socialist countries
There is a growing body of literature on the economic history of Eastern Europe during the Cold War, thereby mainly trying to explain the demise of the Eastern block by discussing a range of different aspects. Trade has been largely excluded so far, even though Socialist countries were participating in international trade. This essay aims to discuss the impact of one of the most remarkable events in this period, the accession of four Socialist countries into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is an explicitly Capitalist trade treaty, between 1966 and 1973. The results suggest that the signing of GATT is associated with a 35–81 per cent increase in export volume. Moreover, the essay finds a small but sizeable impact of GATT on welfare in three out of four countries. Given the methodological limitations, the results can be understood as the lower boundary of the actual impact of GATT on Socialist countries, thereby suggesting that trade deals between countries with different economic and political structures can be beneficial.
Date:
12 May 2022, 12:45
Venue:
Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details:
Seminar Room C or Join on Zoom https://zoom.us/j/99315270903
Speaker:
Marco Cokic (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Department of Economics
Part of:
Novel Ideas: MPhil Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Emma Heritage
