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To Protect or not protect , Overviewing the Egyptian trade policies : A CGE simulation /

Mayar Mohyudeen Naguib Bakeer

To Protect or not protect , Overviewing the Egyptian trade policies : A CGE simulation / Mayar Mohyudeen Naguib Bakeer ; Supervised Christian Richter , Hebatallah Ghoneim - Cairo : Mayar Mohyudeen Naguib Bakeer , 2017 - 87 Leaves : charts ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - German University - Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research - Department of Management Technology (Economic)

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of a change in the tariff rates to mimic the terms of the Egyptian European Union Association Agreement and the effect it will have on consumer welfare. The paper uses a computable General Equilibrium model to measure the welfare. Mimicking the tariff rates through dividing the agreement in manufacturing an agricultural reforms for Egypt and the European Union through three scenarios where each scenario has a different level of trade protectionism than the other