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Tariffs in New Zealand : The economic impacts of retaining tariffs in New Zealand A dynamic CGE analysis

Ballingall, John; Giesecke, James; Zuccollo, James - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

The government announced in late 2009 that it would freeze tariffs at current levels until 2015 at the earliest. We examine the potential costs and benefits to the New Zealand economy of this policy decision using a recently-developed dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the New...

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India-Sri Lanka Bilateral Free Trade Agreement : Six Years Performance and Beyond

Kelegama, Saman; Mukherji, Indra Nath - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

India-Sri Lanka Bilateral Free Trade Agreement signed in1998 was a pioneering attempt in the direction of trade liberalization in South Asian region. This paper examines the performance of the Agreement in the first six years of its coming into being and draws lessons from its success that could...

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Revision of India-Nepal Treaty of Trade and Its Implications for Strengthening Bilateral Trade and Investment Linkages

Mukherji, Indra Nath - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

trade with India, its trade deficit with India has been increasing sharply, and its export earnings are barely sufficient to …

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Regional Trade Agreements and Enterprises in Southeast Asia

Wignaraja, Ganeshan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013

The spread of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Southeast Asia has ignited a debate about their impact on business, and ways to avoid raising the business costs from the Asian â€˜noodle bowlâ€™ effect. This paper undertakes a comparative and firm-level analysis of the impact of RTAs...

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Does Finance Really Matter for the Participation of SMEs in International Trade? Evidence from 8,080 East Asian Firms

Jinjarak, Yothin; Mutuc, Paulo Jose; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014

This paper studies factors associated with firm participation in export markets, focusing primarily on firm size and … interdependent relationships between export participation, firm size, and access to credit. SMEs participating in export markets tend … participation in export markets. The estimation results also point to the supportive influences of foreign ownership, worker …

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