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Myanmar's apparel industry in the new international environment : prospects and challenges
Kudo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
Myanmar’s apparel industry had long been denied access to Western markets due to sanctions against its military government. The birth of a "civilian" government in March 2011 improved Myanmar’s relations with the international community, and Western sanctions were largely lifted....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147336
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The Shrimp Export Boom and Small-Scale Fishermen in Myanmar
Okamoto, Ikuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
This paper examines the impact of the recent shrimp export boom in Myanmar on the economic state of small …-scale fishermen. Results indicate that there has been an active increase in shrimp fishing stimulated by expanding export demand. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222504
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877942
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The middle-income trap from the viewpoint of trade structures
Kumagai, Satoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
regression analyses on the relationship between income level and net export ratios for different types of goods for trapped and … the flying-geese model for non-trapped countries while trapped countries tend to depend on the export of primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960464
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Trade policies and trade mis-reporting in Myanmar
Kubo, Koji - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
partner countries indicate deficits. Such discrepancies in mirror trade statistics are analyzed in connection with the ‘export … export-tax-deducted export earnings. Under this policy, the recorded imports and exports of the private sector have been …-reporting in accordance with the supply and demand of the export earnings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650722
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548148
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522408
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790167
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781541
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Technological Imitation and Innovation in New European Union Markets
Uzagalieva, Ainura; Kocenda, Evžen; Menezes, Antonio - CESifo - 2010
We analyze the role of imitation and innovation in promoting technological progress in new members of European Union: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The two modes of technological development—innovation and imitation—are distinguished from one another by identifying the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572493