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Bilateral “WTO-Plus†Free Trade Agreements : The WTO Trade Policy Review of Singapore 2004
Thangavelu, S.M.; Heng, Toh Mun - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
commended Singapores efforts on its liberalization of the services sector and its economic benefits to consumers and global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363378
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Investment Provisions in Regional Trading Arrangements in Asia : Relevance, Emerging Trends, and Policy Implications
Kumar, Nagesh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper summarizes the conceptual rationale for investment liberalization to fully exploit the potential of regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363399
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Services Trade Negotiations in the Doha Round : Opportunities and Risks for Pakistan
Burki, Abid A.; Hussain, S.M. Turab - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper seeks to examine how locking-in of Pakistans unilateral liberalization at the WTO/GATS and further … liberalization of services trade would affect Pakistans competitiveness. Focusing on the opportunities and risks of such … liberalization the paper discusses possible options regarding the corollary regulatory reforms and other flanking measures that may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363439
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Trade Liberalization, Skill-linked Intermediate and Two-sided Wage Gap
Marjit, Sugata; Achryya, Rajat - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
An interesting contemporary research question in trade theory deals with the possibility of rising wage inequality across the globe. A few possible explanations have been provided so far. We provide a natural explanation and a rigorous proof of the phenomenon by arguing that liberalizing trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365100
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Efficiency of Large Scale Manufacturing in Pakistan : A Production Frontier Approach
Mahmood, Tariq; Ghani, Ejaz; Din, Musleh-ud - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper examines the efficiency of the large scale manufacturing sector of Pakistan using the stochastic production frontier approach. A stochastic production frontier is estimated for two periods1995-96 and 2000-01for 101 industries at the 5-digit PSIC. The results show that there has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363901
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Development Strategy, Optimal Industrial Structure and Economic Growth in Less Developed Countries
Lin, Justin Yifu; Zhang, Pengfei - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
In this paper, we develop an endogenous growth model that combines structural change with repeated product improvements. There are two sectors in the present paper, one is traditional sector, and the other is modern sector. The technological progress in the traditional sector takes the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365198
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An Open Services Regime - Recipe for Jobless Growth?
Karmakar, Suparna - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Development economists disfavour with services as a viable engine of growth has been expressed both through theoretical and empirical analysis. One of the stylized facts of development economics is that share of services in employment increases only with the rise in per capita incomes. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365458
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Audiovisual Services in Korea : Market Development and Policies
Song, Yeongkwan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Korea (hereafter, Korea). The paper specifically examines motion pictures and broadcasting, and discusses what drives or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278070
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Audiovisual Services in Korea : Market Development and Policies
Song, Yeongkwan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Korea (hereafter, Korea). The paper specifically examines motion pictures and broadcasting, and discusses what drives or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278225
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Democracy and Trade Policy : the Role of Interest Groups
Lee, Kyounghee - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
paper aims to investigate empirically the role of interest groups in Korea's trade policy, utilizing the Grossman and … participation by diverse interest groups actually promotes trade liberalization, as different groups offset each other's demands in … groups is necessary if better strategies for trade liberalization are to be developed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363436