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An export strategy and technology networks in the Republic of Korea

Mizuno, Junko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

In Korea, trade with Japan has had a deficit since the normalization of Japan-Korea diplomatic relations in 1965. Koreaâ€™s trade balance with Japan has remained in deficit since then, although Korean companies have become bigger compared to Japanese companies. My hypothesis is that the...

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Can and Should the EU's Eastern Partnership be Saved?

Gylfason, Thorvaldur; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; … - CESifo - 2014

In a major setback for the EU, only two of four Eastern Partnership countries actually initialed Association Agreements at the Vilnius Summit in November 2013. This paper asks what went wrong and what can be done about it. Using a gravity model to estimate the effects of deep and shallow free...

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Incomplete Specialization and Offshoring across Europe

Frensch, Richard; Hanousek, Jan; Kocenda, Evžen - CESifo - 2012

Recent empirical studies have been searching for evidence on and driving forces for offshoring. Frequently, this has been done by analyzing gross trade flows related to offshore activities using gravity equations augmented by ad hoc measures of supply-side country differences. This paper...

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Production networks in the Asia-Pacific region : facts and policy implications

Hiratsuka, Daisuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

foreign, but it may discourage a country from becoming an export platform. …

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Do export promotion agencies increase exports?

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Lee, Hyun-Hoon; Park, Donghyun - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

In this paper, we examine the role of export promotion agencies (EPAs) in promoting exports from Japan and Korea …

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Myanmar and Japan: How Close Friends Become Estranged

Kudo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

Independent Myanmar and Japan had long held the strongest ties among Asian countries, and they were often known as having "special relations" or a "historically friendly relationship." Such relations were guaranteed by the sentiments and experiences of the leaders of both countries. Among...

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JETRO and Japan's Postwar Export Promotion System: Messages for Latin American Export Promotion Agencies

Sakurai, Teiji - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

This paper tries to explain how the Japanese postwar export promotion system worked and what kind of roles JETRO played … in this system. Two case studies of JETRO's successful export promotion activities were also introduced. The paper also … American Export Promotion Agencies, based upon JETRO's postwar experiences. …

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Directional imbalance of freight rates : evidence from Japanese inter-prefectural data

Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

By analyzing a comprehensive dataset on transport transactions in Japan, we describe a directional imbalance in freight rates by transport mode and examine its potential sources, such as economies of density and directionally imbalanced transport flow. There are certain numbers of observed links...

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FDI, Trade Integration and the Border Effect: Evidence from the European Union

Román, Valeriano Martínez-San; Bengoa, Marta; … - CESifo - 2014

This paper intends to combine two fields in the economic literature by examining empirically the FDI pattern –horizontal versus vertical– within the European Union and the relevance of trade integration as a potential determinant of investment flows over the period 1995-2009. We capture...

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Neo-Protectionism and the European Lobbies

Belloc, Marianna - CESifo - 2014

This paper empirically explores the connection between two recent phenomena in the European scenario: the dramatic upsurge of non-tariff trade measures and the remarkable rise in the role of European business lobbies. While these two facts have been widely recognized by the international trade...

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