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RoOs exist to avoid that exports from third countries enter through the member with the lowest tariff (trade deflection). However, RoOs distort exporters' sourcing decisions and burden them with red tape. Using a global data set, we show that, for 86 level comparisons within FTAs, trade deflection is not profitable because external tariffs are rather similar and transportation costs are non-negligible; in the case of unilateral trade preferences extended by rich countries to poor ones that ratio is a striking 98 therefore, hard to rationalize.","onlinedate":"2019-11-01 01:00:00","lang":"American English","publication_series":"","publication_date":"20191101","publication_date_year":"","publication_date_full":false,"publication_num_pages":"14","keywords":"[\"Trade deflection\",\"Rules of origin\",\"External tariffs\",\"Free trade agreements\"]","jelcodes":"[]","related_publications":"[]","pdf":null,"zip":null,"link":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jinteco.2019.07.003","monthly_report":false,"monthly_report_main":false,"monthly_report_volume":"121","monthly_report_pages":"","monthly_report_pages_sort":"0","issue":"","journal":"Journal of International Economics","publisher":"","invisible":false,"external":true,"embargo_date":null,"types":[83083],"research_groups":[],"collaboration":"","persons":[4986,17709,17489],"persons_data":"[{\"personId\":4986,\"personName\":\"Gabriel Felbermayr\",\"organisationNames\":[]},{\"personId\":17709,\"personName\":\"Feodora Teti\",\"organisationNames\":[]},{\"personId\":17489,\"personName\":\"Erdal Yalcin\",\"organisationNames\":[]}]","clients":[],"subclients":[],"partners":[],"topics":[],"host_publication_title":"","host_publication_subtitle":"","place_of_publication":"","host_publication_editors":"[]","type_description":"","output_media":"","chapter":"","article_number":103248,"scientific_assistance":"[]","scientific_review":"[]","version":"","release_date":null,"expiration_date":null,"surveyor":"","research_assistance":"","edv":"","additional_info_de":"","additional_info_en":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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