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A tale of pork prices : evasion and attenuation of a Japanese tariff
Onji, Kazuki - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper empirically examines the effectiveness of a safeguard tariff in the Japanese market for imported pork parts. The goals are, first, to consider a refinement to the traditional market-based method for evasion detection, and, second, to apply the method in a setting where evasion is...
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Price Elasticity Estimates for Tobacco and Other Addictive Goods in India
John, Rijo M - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
net. Analysis of the price elasticity of various tobacco products would bring out the potential of tax as an instrument to … elasticities showed that the own price elasticity estimates of various addictive goods in India ranged between -0.5 to -1.0 with … tobacco in India have become slightly more price responsive while elasticity of cigarettes and pan have stabilized. With some …
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A Short-Run Analysis of Exchange Rates and International Trade with an Application to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
Anson, José; Boffa, Mauro; Helble, Matthias - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
The information and communication technology (ICT) revolution of the past 3 decades has transformed the world into an integrated marketplace. Today, producers and consumers alike are able to compare the prices of local businesses and worldwide sellers. For an increasing number of tradable goods,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857580
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A Short-Run Analysis of Exchange Rates and International Trade with an Application to Australia, New Zealand, and Japan
Anson, José; Boffa, Mauro; Helble, Matthias - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
The information and communication technology (ICT) revolution of the past 3 decades has transformed the world into an integrated marketplace. Today, producers and consumers alike are able to compare the prices of local businesses and worldwide sellers. For an increasing number of tradable goods,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857584
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The impact of the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme on New Zealand’s economy
Stephenson, John; Schilling, Chris - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
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The unemployment challenge : Labour market policies for the recession
Andrews, Grant; Raad, Jean-Pierre de - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Over the next year another 50,000 people will become unemployed. The number of unemployed will surpass that of the last recession of 1997-98. To address the unemployment challenge New Zealand needs to supplement existing job search assistance with investment in training and business capital to...
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Sustainable development : Have we got our priorities right?
Clough, Peter - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Sustainable development remains high on the international agenda, even as policy makers are distracted by the political and fiscal fall-out of the global financial crisis. Its continued prominence is illustrated by various countries use of fiscal stimulus to fast-track the greening of the...
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Tariffs in New Zealand : The economic impacts of retaining tariffs in New Zealand A dynamic CGE analysis
Ballingall, John; Giesecke, James; Zuccollo, James - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
the tariff removal generate a very small welfare loss. We assess the sensitivity of the welfare results to key elasticity …
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Economic progress and puzzles : Long-term structural change in the New Zealand economy, 1953-2006
Lattimore, Ralph; Le, Trinh; Claus, Iris; Adolf … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
As we emerge from a deep and long recession, the debate must shift again to how New Zealand can lift its productivity growth rate. New Zealand has already done much work in getting the economic environment right for business growth. The reforms of the 1980s and early 1990s removed many of the...
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Save now, prosper later : Increasing New Zealand’s savings rate - a preliminary dynamic CGE analysis
Zuccollo, James; Ballingall, John - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
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