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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States
Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - CESifo - 2014
Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...
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Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce: How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing
Debaere, Peter; Görg, Holger; Raff, Horst - CESifo - 2010
We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … manufacturing firms to source materials from abroad. To guide our empirical analysis we develop a monopolistic-competition model of … international sourcing of materials depends on a firm’s productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583654
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Reducing Tariffs according to WTO Accession Rules: The Case of Vietnam
Fosse, Henrik Barslund; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis - CESifo - 2011
When Vietnam entered WTO in 2007 it was granted an accession period up to 2014. During this period tariffs would have to fall according to the accession agreement. This paper evaluates this 2007-2014 trade liberalization by building an applied general equilibrium model and calibrating it to the...
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Maquiladoras and Informality: A Mixed Blessing
Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario; Riaño, Alejandro - CESifo - 2011
of the Mexican economy such as the differences between maquila and non-maquila manufacturing plants and the existence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391722
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Renminbising China's Foreign Assets
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Ma, Guonan; McCauley, Robert N. - CESifo - 2010
Since the 2008 global financial crisis, China has rolled out a number of initiatives to actively promote the international role of the renminbi and to denominate more of its international claims away from the US dollar and into the renminbi. This paper discusses the factors shaping the prospects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583735
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The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Pierce, Justin R.; Schott, Peter K. - CESifo - 2014
This paper finds a link between the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing employment beginning in 2001 and a change in U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734330
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Off-Shoring and Productivity Growth in the Italian Manufacturing Industries
Daveri, Francesco; Jona-Lasinio, Cecilia - CESifo - 2008
We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry (“narrow … off-shoring”) is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181530
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Technology Transfers for Climate Change
Elsayyad, May; Morath, Florian - CESifo - 2013
This paper considers investments in cost-reducing technology in the context of contributions to climate protection. Contributions to mitigating climate change are analyzed in a two-period model where later contributions can be based on better information, but delaying the contribution to the...
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The Golden Hello and Political Transitions
Aidt, Toke S.; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - CESifo - 2012
We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version of Acemoglu and Robinson’s [American Economic Review 91, 2001] model of political transitions to show how the anticipation of new loans from in-ternational financial...
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The Determinants of Election to the United Nations Security Council
Dreher, Axel; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew; … - CESifo - 2012
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the foremost international body responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. Members vote on issues of global importance and consequently receive perks – election to the UNSC predicts, for instance, World Bank and IMF loans....
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