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It was a hope of LDCs that the DOHA round would bring them greater market access in OECD countries than for non-LDCs. Using HS-6 tariff level data for the US and the EU for 2004, this paper estimates that, once the erosion from preferential access into the EU to non-LDCs are taken into account,...
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The paper develops two synthetic measures at the HS-10 level to depict effective market access for a country receiving preferential access and applies these to the market access ASEAN members would receive on impact following the implementation of an FTA with the EU. First, the measures show...
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This paper estimates the effective market-access granted under NAFTA in textiles and apparel by combining two approaches. First, we estimate the effect of tariff preferences and rules of origin on the border prices of Mexican final goods exported to the US and of US intermediates exported to Mexico.
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En la presente investigación, se pretende analizar algunas de las ventajas competitivas de las empresas grannacionales como modelos empresariales dentro del marco del ALBA-TCP, motivado a que debido a la globalización como fenómeno mundial, aunado con las condiciones económicas de países...
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The paper explores the evolution of export diversification patterns along the economic development path. Using a large …
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Alternative approaches to estimating the effects of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on trade flows are discussed and evaluated critically. Recent econometric studies point to three results: (i) NTM restrictiveness measures based on an aggregate of ‘core' NTMs are more restrictive than existing...
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The paper explores the evolution of export diversification patterns along the economic development path. Using a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805954
The paper discusses regionalism from the standpoint of developing countries surveying the more significant recent contributions surrounding the contentious debate about identifying resulting benefits for Southern partners in the recent wave of North-South Preferential Trading Agreements (PTAs).
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This paper aims at analyzing the possible influence of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in the … particular case of Middle East and North African countries (MENA). During the last years, the relation between FDI and growth in … LDCs has been discussed extensively in the economic literature. However, the view that FDI stimulates economic growth does …
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Regional integration affects location decisions of MNCs and therefore influences each member country's provision of investment incentives, which in turn may trigger relocation. As a consequence, subsidy competition increases as integration proceeds. We analyze the welfare consequences of this...
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