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Cost Reduction Effects of "pseudo FTAs" in Asia -Application of a price model based on a multilateral I/O table-

Tamamura, Chiharu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

This paper examines the repercussion effects on the production cost of industries in Asian countries when some countries eliminate tariffs and import commodity taxes on all imports. This kind of analysis is related in some sense to that measuring the effects of FTAs on economies, and thus may be...

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Can Comparative Advantage Explain the Growth of US Trade?

Cuñat, Alejandro; Maffezzoli, Marco - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2005

We present a dynamic comparative advantage model in which moderate reductions in trade costs can generate sizable increases in trade volumes over time. A fall in trade costs has two effects on the volume of trade. First, for given factor endowments, it raises the degree of specialization of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670525

Economic Geography and International Inequality

Redding, Stephen; Venables, Anthony J. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2001

This paper estimates a structural model of economic geography using cross-country data on per capita income, bilateral trade, and the relative price of manufacturing goods. More than 70% of the variation in per capita income can be explained by the geography of access to markets and to sources...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016687

Explaining Cross-Country Export Performance: International Linkages and Internal Geography

Redding, Stephen; Venables, Anthony J. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2002

This paper investigates the determinants of countries' export performance looking in particular at the role of … decomposition, we move on to an econometric analysis of the determinants of export performance. Results include the finding that … to explaining Sub-Saharan Africa's poor export performance. …

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Distance, Skill Deepening and Development: Will Peripheral Countries Ever Get Rich?

Redding, Stephen; Schott, Peter K. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2003

This paper models the relationship between countries' distance from global economic activity, endogenous investments in education, and economic development. Firms in remote locations pay greater trade costs on both exports and intermediate imports, reducing the amount of value added left to...

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Analysis on International Trade of CLM Countries

Lwin, Nu Nu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

Since their accession to AFTA, trade volumes of CLM countries have being grown rapidly while their trade patterns and directions have significantly changed. Recognizing the importance of international trade in CLM economies, this study attempts to analyze the trade patterns of CLM countries...

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The Trade Creation Effect of Immigrants: Testing the Theory on the Remarkable case of Spain

Peri, Giovanni; Requena, Francisco - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2009

, a panel of import and export by sector between 50 Spanish provinces and 77 countries over fifteen years, allows us to …

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Shock Transmission Mechanism of the Economic Crisis in East Asia : An Application of International Input-Output Analysis

Kuroiwa, Ikuo; Kuwamori, Hiroshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010

This paper investigates the impacts of the 2008 economic crisis on industries in East Asia. By using the updated Asian international input-output table for 2008, the paper attempts to identify the transmission mechanism and the magnitude of impact of the crisis on industries in East Asia. The...

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Firms in International Trade

Bernard, Andrew B.; Jensen, J. Bradford; Redding, Stephen; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007

Despite the fact that importing and exporting are extremely rare firm activities, economists generally devote little attention to the role of firms when discussing international trade. This paper summarizes key differences between trading and non-trading firms, demonstrates how these differences...

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