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The Application of the Capability Approach to High-Income OECD Countries: A Preliminary Survey
Volkert, Jürgen; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2011
-being in affluent countries. It focuses on CA applications related to general well-being, inequalities, poverty and human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853849
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103394
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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 … Vietnam has many state-owned enterprises that do not behave in a profit maximizing way. The model simulations show that the … of income will take place among the poor rural households in Vietnam. We propose other tariff reforms that both raise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367392
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Maquiladoras and Informality: A Mixed Blessing
Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario; Riaño, Alejandro - CESifo - 2011
Mexico experienced a tremendous expansion of its export-processing maquila sector during the 1990s. At the same time, a large proportion of its labor force remains employed in the informal sector. Since one of the main objectives of the maquiladora program was to increase formal employment, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391722
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China's Pure Exporter Subsidies
Defever, Fabrice; Riaño, Alejandro - CESifo - 2012
One third of Chinese exporters sell more than ninety percent of their production abroad. We argue that this distinctive pattern is attributable to a wide range of subsidies that provide incentives to these “pure exporters.” We propose a heterogeneous-firm model in which firms exporting all...
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Gone for Good? Subsidies with Export Share Requirements in China: 2002-2013
Defever, Fabrice; Riaño, Alejandro - CESifo - 2014
This paper presents a simple model of subsidies with export share requirements (ESR) in a heterogeneous firm environment. A two-country general equilibrium version of the model with a single 100% ESR is calibrated using firm-level data from the 2002 wave of the Business Environment and...
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Universal Intellectual Property Rights: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Auriol, Emmanuelle; Biancini, Sara; Paillacar, Rodrigo - CESifo - 2013
This paper studies the incentives that developing countries have to protect intellectual properties rights (IPR). On the one hand, free-riding on rich countries technology reduces their investment cost in R&D. On the other hand, firm that violates IPR cannot legally export in a country that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670798
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The Economics of a Multilateral Investment Agreement
Che, Jiahua; Willmann, Gerald - CESifo - 2009
This paper models a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI) as a coordination device. Multinational enterprises can invest in any number of countries. Without a multilateral investment agreement, expropriation triggers an investment stop by the single MNE. Under a multilateral agreement,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766152
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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.S. trade policy that eliminated potential tariff increases on Chinese imports. Industries where the threat of tariff hikes declines the most experience more severe employment...
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Trade with Endogenous Transportation Costs: The Value of LNG Exports
Oglend, Atle; Osmundsen, Petter; Kleppe, Tore Selland - CESifo - 2015
This paper investigates the economic value of trade when prices of transportation services are endogenous to cross-market price spreads. This is relevant for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. LNG transportation capacity is limited in the short-run, and long lead-times are involved in...
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