?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Clothes+without+an+emperor%3A+analysis+of+the+preferential+tariffs+in+ASEAN&rft.creator=Manchin%2C+M.&rft.creator=Pelkmans-Balaoing%2C+A.&rft.description=This+paper+examines+the+current+state+of+intra-ASEAN+trade+under+the+preferential+regime+of+the+AFTA.+It+partly+addresses+some+data+problems+and+employs+a+gravity+model+to+arrive+at+alternative+ways+of+gauging+the+importance+of+preferences+in+the+absence+of+data+on+the+actual+utilisation+of+AFTA+preferential+tariffs.+Our+results+confirm+the+wide-spread+notion+that+the+AFTA+preferential+scheme+is+of+very+little+consequence+to+intra-regional+trade.+However%2C+in+that+limited+range+of+products+where+AFTA+might+have+an+influence%2C+preferences+seem+to+matter+only+when+the+differential+margin+between+the+MFN+and+preferential+tariff+rates+reaches+a+critical+amount%2C+allowing+regional+exporters+to+cover+the+costs+of+requesting+preferences.&rft.subject=ASEAN+trade+policy%2C+free+trade+areas%2C+empirical+estimates+of+preference+utilisation&rft.publisher=Centro+Studi+Luca+d%E2%80%99Agliano%2C+University+of+Milano&rft.date=2007-01&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(Development+Working+Papers++223).+Centro+Studi+Luca+d%E2%80%99Agliano%2C+University+of+Milano%3A+Milan%2C+Italy.+(2007)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F18269%2F1%2F18269.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F18269%2F&rft.rights=open