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Consequences of FTA withdrawal : evidence from "Uxit"
Gnutzmann, Hinnerk; Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Korn, … - 2021
We use a unique case study to estimate the effect of withdrawing from a free trade agreement on international trade. Lately, the political opposition to international economic cooperation has been on the rise, but little is known about how the withdrawal from a trade agreement affects trade. We...
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Credibility and transparency of Central Banks : new results based on Ifo s world economicy survey
Hamella, Sandra; Haan, Jakob de - 2004
history of honesty and a high level of central bank independence. According to our respondents, the Federal Reserve is the … most credible, transparent and independent central bank out of seven large central banks. The ECB is not perceived as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399168
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The empire project : trade policy in interwar Canada
Lampe, Markus; O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Reiter, Lorenz; … - 2023
This paper uses a new dataset on the universe of Canadian imports and tariffs between 1924 and 1936, disaggregated into 1697 goods originating in 112 countries, to analyse the impact on Canadian imports of interwar Canadian trade policy, including the 1932 Ottawa trade agreements. Rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014275962
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Economy wide impact of the trade integration between Japan and India : a computable general equilibrium analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Mukhopadhyay, Kakali - 2013
Japan and India signed the much-awaited Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on 16th February 2011. The …, the study evaluates the economy wide impact of the proposed CEPA between India and Japan at 2020. The study has used a … India and Japan in 2020 after tariff reduction compared to Business as Usual (BAU) scenario. A marginal export growth is …
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Optimal central bank design : benchmarks for the ECB
Berger, Helge (contributor) - 2006
The paper discusses key elements of optimal central bank design and applies its findings to the Eurosystem. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301388
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Macroeconomic effects of disruptions in global food commodity markets : evidence for the United States
De Winne, Jasmien; Peersman, Gert - 2016
We use two approaches to examine the macroeconomic consequences of disruptions in global food commodity markets. First, we embed a novel quarterly composite global production index for the four basic staples (corn, wheat, rice and soybeans) in a standard vector autoregression (VAR) model, and we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011565633
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The surprisingly swift decline of U.S. manufacturing employment
Pierce, Justin R.; Schott, Peter K. - 2014
This paper finds a link between the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing employment beginning in 2001 and a change in U.S. trade policy that eliminated potential tariff increases on Chinese imports. Industries where the threat of tariff hikes declines the most experience more severe employment...
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State visits and international trade
Nitsch, Volker (contributor) - 2005
Politicians travel extensively abroad, for various reasons. One purpose of external visits is to improve bilateral economic relations. In this paper, I examine the effect of state visits on international trade. I use a large data set covering the travel activities of the heads of state of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003202927
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US welfare reform : what's relevant for Europe?
Blank, Rebecca M. - 2002
This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven lessons of potential interest to European observers are discussed, with particular attention to the conclusions of more recent research. Such research indicates, for example, that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410428
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What do we know about recent exchange rate models? : in-sample fit and out-of-sample performance evaluated
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Chinn, Menzie David; Pascual, Antonio … - 2003
Previous assessments of nominal exchange rate determination have focused upon a narrow set of models typically of the 1970 s vintage, including monetary and portfolio balance models. In this paper we re-assess the in-sample fit and out-of-sample prediction of a wider set of models that have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507659