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The Floating World : Issues in International Trade Theory

Ethier, Wilfred J. - 2013

A deranged publisher decided to produce a volume of some of my papers and asked me to write some comments. Since these amount to a summary of my views about international trade theory over the latest forty years or so, I'm giving the comments a separate alternative existence as a discussion paper

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Testing competing world trade models against the facts of world trade

Minford, Patrick; Xu, Yongdeng; Dong, Xue - 2021

We carry out an indirect inference test of two versions of a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of world trade. One of these, the ‘classical’ model,is well-known as the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model of world trade, in which countries trade homogeneous products in world markets and...

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Preferential trade liberalization with endogenous cartel discipline : implications for welfare and optimal trade policies

Agnosteva, Delina; Syropoulos, Constantinos; Yotov, Yoto - 2020

We consider an international cartel whose members interact repeatedly in their own as well as in third-country segmented markets. Cartel discipline-an inverse measure of the degree of competition between firms-is endogenously determined by the cartel’s incentive compatibility constraint (ICC),...

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Sustainable development impact of trade and investment liberalization in Asia and the Pacific

Narayanan, Badri; Duval, Yann; Kravchenko, Alexey; … - 2017

Trade and investment can be effective means of implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. However, stand-alone trade and investment liberalization policies aimed at enhancing economic development may have negative side-effects on non-economic facets of sustainable development. As...

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Classical or gravity? : which trade model best matches the UK facts?

Minford, Patrick; Xu, Yongdeng - 2017

We examine the empirical evidence bearing on whether UK trade is governed by a Classical model or by a Gravity model, using annual data from 1965 to 2015 and the method of Indirect Inference which has very large power in this application. The Gravity model here differs from the Classical model...

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Impact of implementation of digital trade facilitation on trade costs

Duval, Yann; Utoktham, Chorthip; Kravchenko, Alexey - 2018

This study estimates the effect of trade facilitation measures implementation on trade costs in Asia and the Pacific using data from the United Nations Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation. Impact of different sets of measures are considered, from a basic set of...

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External Economies of Scale and Comparative Advantage

Ethier, Wilfred J.; Ruffin, Roy J. - 2008

We investigate the interplay, in international trade, between comparative advantage and increasing returns to scale that are external to the firm. We focus especially on "advantage reversals," where the country with a comparative-cost disadvantage in producing a good nevertheless is able to...

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Royale with cheese : the effect of globalization on the variety of goods

Cole, Matthew T.; Davies, Ronald B. - 2010

this loss in the existence value outweighs the direct benefits from consumption. -- Trade theory ; Globalization ; Variety … that global variety decreases from increased competition wherein imported varieties drive out some local varieties. This … which models this concern in two ways: a portion of a consumer’s income is spent overseas (i.e. tourism) and an existence …

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Globalization and Economic Partnerships Effects on International Trade with Reference to Sudan

Mohamed, Issam A.W. - 2014

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Competitiveness of Polish Agriculture in The Context of Globalization and Economic Integration – Competitive Potential and Position

Poczta, Walenty; Pawlak, Karolin - 2021

The aim of the research presented in this paper is to assess the competitive potential of Polish agriculture (potential competitiveness) and the competitive position of the Polish agri-food sector on the Single European Market (SEM) with reference to the global context. The conducted research...

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