RUDN Journal of EconomicsRUDN Journal of EconomicsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика2313-23292408-8986Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)12245ARTICLESСтатьиThe impact of trade liberalization on economic growth in MERCOSUR countriesОценка влияния либерализации торговли на экономический рост стран МеркосурLevchenkoI VЛевченкоИрина ВладимировнаPeoples Friendship University of RussiaРоссийский университет дружбы народовMiklukho-Maklay str., 6, Moscow, Russia, 117198Peoples Friendship University of RussiaРоссийский университет дружбы народов150120121NO1 (2012)№1 (2012)223112092016Copyright ©; 2016, EconomicsCopyright ©; 2016, Экономика2016EconomicsЭкономикаhttps://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/12245This study intends to evaluate the impact of trade liberalisation on economic growth; import tariff is used as a proxy for underlying liberalisation. An empirical analysis was conducted on the Mercosur countries all of which, five years after their accession to the WTO, were demonstrating a consistent tendency towards liberalisation, agricultural and food trade both included, over almost ten years. The time period is seven consecutive years, from 2001 to 2007. Panel data regression models are used; a number of control variables are also included. The study concludes that there is a slight positive impact of liberalisation on growth, no matter the model being used.Рассматривается влияние либерализации торговли посредством сокращения импортного тарифа на экономический рост. Эмпирический анализ проводится для четырех стран Меркосур. Используется метод регрессионного анализа панельных данных; в модель регрессии вводится ряд переменных контроля, которые предположительно также оказывают некоторое воздействие на рост. 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