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Tracing CO2 emissions in global value chains
Meng, Bo; Peters, Glen; Wang, Zhi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper integrates two lines of research into a unified conceptual framework: trade in global value chains and embodied emissions. This allows both value added and emissions to be systematically traced at the country, sector, and bilateral levels through various production network routes. By...
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Dual Track Reforms: With and Without Losers
Che, Jiahua; Facchini, Giovanni - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2005
The dual track approach to market liberalization has been widely recognized as the key to the success of the Chinese economic reform. In this paper we study the effectiveness of this strategy in economic environments where the status quo government control is incomplete. We show that in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018070
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Do Not Get Trapped into Crossing: Indian Firms and Foreign Markets
Navaretti, Giorgio Barba; Galeotti, Marzio; Tucci, … - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2002
’ export share and productivity gains. Productivity growth declines with the share of exports on total sales, up to a threshold …, productivity gains also arise for smaller export shares. One likely explanation of this finding is that being successful in the … export market for exporters of traditional products also requires investments in technological upgrading. These investments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357798
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Do electricity supply constraints matter for comparative advantage? : a neoclassical approach
Sato, Hitoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
This paper examines the extent to which electricity supply constraints could affect sectoral specialization. For this purpose, an empirical trade model is estimated from 1990-2008 panel data on 15 OECD countries and 12 manufacturing sectors. We find that along with Ricardian technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757628
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Changes in the foreign trade structure of the Russian Far East under the process of transition toward a market economy
Hiraizumi, Hideki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
Under the process of transition toward a market economy, the economic connections of the Russian Far East (RFE) with external regions changed from a division of labor among the regions of the USSR (Russia) to an international division of labor. This happened due to factors including the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227593
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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. Korea’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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134412
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Trade obstacles, inventory level of inputs, and internationalization of enterprise activities : a comparison between Southeast Asia and Latin America
Ueki, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of trade barriers such as customs clearance, subjective trade obstacles (customs and trade regulations), and inventory of inputs on the internationalization of enterprises in Southeast Asia and Latin America, using the World Bank's enterprise surveys. Empirical...
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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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On the variety of Mexico's export goods
Ito, Tadashi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper examines the evolution of the variety of Mexico’s export goods using disaggregated trade data. Both the …) methodology proposed in this paper show that NAFTA membership does not enhance the variety of Mexico's export goods. This finding … contrasts with NAFTA's positive association with the increase in export variety found in the literature. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213711
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Exchange Rate Pass-Through, Domestic Competition, and Inflation: Evidence from the 2005/08 Revaluation of the Renminbi
Auer, Raphael A. - CESifo - 2012
This paper quantifies the effect of the government-controlled appreciation of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) vis-à-vis the USD from 2005 to 2008 on the prices charged by US producers. As the RMB during that time was pegged to a basket of currencies, the empirical strategy must account for the fact...
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