The Effects of the U.S. MFA on Small Exporters
检验了美国《多种纤维协定》对发展中国家纺织品出口的两个假设：该协定是否构成约束，以及是否促进小出口商增长。基于1975-84年八个亚洲小出口商的数据，结果支持约束假设，但需求转移效应被自身配额增长缓慢抵消。
This paper tests two hypotheses regarding the impact of the U.S. Multifiber Arrangement restrictions on developing countries' exports of textiles and clothing to the United States: that the Multifibre Arrangement is a binding constraint on exporters; and that the arrangement encourages the growth of smaller exporters by restricting exports from major sellers. Pooled data on eight small Asian exporters over the period 1975-84 is used. Results strongly support the hypothesis that the Multifibre Arrangement has been a binding constraint. Although the arrangement appears to have diverted demand toward these smaller sellers, this effect is counteracted by slow growth in their own restraints. Copyright 1990 by MIT Press.