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Trade Policies in Central Asia after EU Enlargement and before Russian WTO accession: Regionalism and Integration into the world economy.
Pomfret, Richard - EconWPA - 2005
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556162
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China's Changing Competitive Position: Lessons from a Unit-Labor- Cost-Based REER
Dullien, Sebastian - EconWPA - 2005
This paper calculates a unit labor-cost based real effective exchange rate for China for the period 1987-2002. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124915
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Tango with the Dragon: Employment Effects of Trade Integration with China. The Case of Argentina
Castro, Lucio - EconWPA - 2005
This paper estimates the effects of trade integration between China and Mercosur on employment. The case of Argentina … labor demand elasticities in order to estimate the effects of trade with China on the employment rate. According to this …, trade with China did not have a significant effect on industrial employment, even in a period of swift trade liberalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408025
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: What Are the Consequences of China’s WTO Entry for India’s Trade?
Cerra, Valerie; Rivera, Sandra A.; Saxena, Sweta C. - EconWPA - 2005
One of the most significant recent developments in world trade has been the entry of China into the World Trade … Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China’s WTO accession for India’s trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China’s WTO entry in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062637
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Trade, Poverty and Employment: The Social Consequences of Integration with China
Castro, Lucio; Saslavsky, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005
This paper estimates the potential effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Mercosur on poverty … likely effects of an FTA with China on poverty and income distribution. We find that the FTA would result in a small … agreement with China on sectoral and aggregate employment rates. According to this, trade with the PRC did not have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062638
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Do asymmetric terms of trade shocks affect private savings in a transition economy?
Chowdhury, Abdur R. - EconWPA - 2003
This paper examines whether terms of trade shocks have an asymmetric effect on private savings in transition economies. A simple three-period framework is developed to show that, in the presence of binding credit constraints in bad states of nature, savings rates can be sensitive to favorable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125030
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A Dynamic Approach to Inflation Targeting in Transition Economies
Orlowski, Lucjan T - EconWPA - 2005
This study views inflation targeting as a viable regime for more advanced transition economies. A dynamic approach to the trajectory of disinflation and the flexibility of direct inflation targeting is presented in the context of achieving monetary convergence to the EU/EMU. The candidate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126160
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Monetary Convergence And Risk Premiums In The EU Candidate Countries
Orlowski, Lucjan T - EconWPA - 2005
This study examines the link between various monetary policy regimes and the ability to manage inflation and exchange rate risk premiums in the EU candidate countries as they undergo monetary convergence to the eurozone. The underlying hypothesis is that a system of 'flexible inflation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126179
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Real Exchange Rates in Central and Eastern Europe : What Scope for the Underlying Fundamentals?
DUFRENOT, Gilles; Egert, Balazs - EconWPA - 2003
The aim of this paper is to study the the fundamental macroeconomic determinants of both the CPI and the PPI-based real effective exchange rate in 5 selected acceding countries from Central and Eastern Europe, i.E the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The paper is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407633
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Real Exchange Rates in Central and Eastern Europe : What Scope for the Underlying Fundamentals?
DUFRENOT, Gilles; Egert, Balazs - EconWPA - 2003
The aim of this paper is to study the the fundamental macroeconomic determinants of both the CPI and the PPI-based real effective exchange rate in 5 selected acceding countries from Central and Eastern Europe, i.E the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The paper is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407661