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Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van - CESifo - 2007

argues that distance (however defined) is no longer a dominant characteristic of the world economy, or will cease to be so in …. We disagree, and with us many other economists (see, for example, Leamer, 2006). Distance dominates all aspects of … distance. Furthermore, there is little evidence of income convergence. Using various methods and data sets, we show that many …

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Trade, Integration, and Interregional Inequality

Hirte, Georg; Lessmann, Christian - CESifo - 2014

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade (openness) on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic-geography approach in which interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs. In addition to...

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China's growth and the agricultural exports of Southern Africa:

Villoria, Nelson; Hertel, Thomas; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"The implications of China's growth for the development prospects of Sub-Saharan Africa have been the subject of recent attention. Interest in this topic is motivated by the increasing presence of China in the region and the growing bilateral trade links between China and Africa. Against this...

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Agricultural trade: What Matters in the Doha Round?

Laborde Debucquet, David; Martin, Will - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

In this paper, we provide an overview of the agricultural trade negotiations within the current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations and we show that including agriculture in the Doha Development Agenda talks is important both economically and politically, although the political...

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Two-tier asymmetric information as a motive for trade, trade policies, and inefficient trade agreements:

Bouët, Antoine; Laborde Debucquet, David; Martimort, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

This theoretical paper intends to provide an explanation of the implementation of behind-the-border policies, border policies, and of the inefficiency of trade negotiations. We consider a general equilibrium model of international trade with two identical countries, two commodities, a...

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The tide that does not raise all boats: An assessment of EU preferential trade policies:

Cipollina, Maria; Laborde Debucquet, David; Salvatici, Luca - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

The aim of this paper is to assess of the impact of the European Unionâ€™s trade preferences on global trade, focusing on several methodological issues that are relevant to the trade-creating impact of these preferences. Using highly disaggregated eight-digit data in a theoretically...

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WTO negotiations on agriculture and developing countries

Hoda, Anwarul (contributor); Gulati, Ashok (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The World Trade Organizationâ€™s Doha Round of trade talks has been plagued by a lack of concrete progress toward establishing a fair and harmonious agricultural trading system. Because the results of the Doha Round could have far-reaching implications for the trade and economic prospects...

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