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Sri Lanka's Trade Policies: Back to Protectionism
Pursell, Garry; Ahsan, F.M. Ziaul - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
In 1977 Sri Lanka was the first of the South Asian countries to decisively move away from the protectionist import-substitution trade policies that for many years had damaged their economic efficiency and hobbled their economic growth. Albeit with back-tracking episodes, Sri Lanka's liberalising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008861949
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Growing with Global Production Sharing: The Tale of Penang Export Hub
Athukorala, Prema-chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
policy options for developing countries to engage effectively in production networks through a case study of the export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364040
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Bilateral tariff rates in international trade : finished goods versus intermediate goods
Hayakawa, Kazunobu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
In this paper, we examined back-and-forth international transactions through tariff reduction by estimating modified gravity equations for finished goods and intermediate goods separately. Our main findings are as follows. Exports of finished machinery products are negatively associated with not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351446
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Australia-Thailand Trade: Has the FTA Made a Difference?
Athukorala, Prema-chandra; Kohpaiboon, Archanun - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011
This paper examines the impact of the Australia-Thailand free trade agreement (TAFTA) on bilateral trade between the two countries, paying attention to the implications of rules of origins (RoO) and the utilization of tariff preferences. It is found that trade has expanded faster following TAFTA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274831
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Tariff reductions and labor demand elasticities : evidence from Chinese firm-level data
Sato, Hitoshi; Zhu, Lianming - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
heterogenous firm model in which firms are allowed to export their products and to use imported intermediate inputs. The model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757634
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Network Effects on Trade in Intermediate Goods: Evidence from the Automobile Industry
Nishitateno, Shuhei - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
Growing production fragmentation makes analysis of network effects on trade in parts and components more important than ever. This study examines network effects on auto parts exports from six major auto producing countries using a panel dataset covering 49 destinations and 31 products over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762632
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Trade policy substitution: Theory and evidence from Specific Trade Concerns
Beverelli, Cosimo; Boffa, Mauro; Keck, Alexander - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014
We investigate to what extent the probability that a Specific Trade Concern (STC) is raised in the WTO against a Member in a given sector is affected by past reductions in applied tariffs. Employing an identification strategy based on 'new measures', we find evidence of a substitution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115086
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The Rise of China and East Asian Export Performance: Is the Crowding-out Fear Warranted?
Athukorala, Prema-chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2007
This paper examines the effects of China’s rapid integration into the global economy on export performance of its East …-setting overview of trends and patterns of China’s export performance since the early 1990s, it probes two key themes central to the … export crowding-out has been vastly exaggerated in the contemporary policy debate on the implications of China’s rise. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030302
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China's integration into global production networks and its implications for export-led growth strategy in other countries in the region
Athukorala, Prema-Chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008
TThis paper examines the implications of China's rapid integration into global production networks for export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005057555