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.S. tariffs on the Democratic vote share. The effects are estimated with fixed effects and Two-Stage Least Squares based on data … are constructed and shown to be significant. Overall, a 10% decrease of weighted tariffs leads to a 12% decrease in the …
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The current slump in world coffee prices is mainly due to a structural oversupply. Instead of introducing price measures, measures aimed at reducing this excess supply would be a more efficient method of increasing coffee producers'incomes.
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models. Urban poverty falls and rural poverty increases as initial tariffs were highest for agriculture. Impacts increase …
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administering a plethora of new trade rules. The main thrust of the new rules is to reduce or abolish tariffs and quotas on a wide … range of products. Some tariffs and quotas were abolished immediately, but others will not be abolished, or even reduced … continue to face relatively unfavorable tariffs and quotas for many years to come, partly because of the successful efforts of …
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This paper discusses major policy issues related to commodity dependence and export diversification in low-income countries. Contrary to some widely-held view, it argues that natural resources are not necessarily a ‘curse’ that condemns low-income countries to underdevelopment but can...
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Asian countries, and between Central Asian countries and their neighbours (Russia to the north, China to the east, and Iran …’ relationship to the WTO became a more pressing issue after China’s long-running WTO accession negotiations were successfully …
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I show that the unique Nash equilibrium of a model of political competition between two parties in a Heckscher-Ohlin setting entails differentiated trade policies, with a party proposing a high tariff, and the other one a low one. The basic departure from a median voter model is the introduction...
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This paper is an empirical investigation on the relationship between trade globalization and political liberalization. The sample is based on 157 countries from years 1957-1998, taking into consideration many social, economic, environmental, geographical, and historical factors. From this, an...
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In order to explain the prevalence and persistence of trade protection, a large body of work that departs from the notion of welfare maximizing governments and emphasizes instead political-economic determinants of policy has recently emerged. This survey paper summarizes and evaluates...
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This paper analyses the relationship between firm productivity and export behavior in German manufacturing firms. We examine whether productivity increases the probability of exporting, and assert that there is a causal relationship from high productivity to entering foreign markets, as...
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