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Are current account deficits sustainable? New evidence from Iran using bounds test approach to level relationship

Heidari, Hassan; Katircioglu, Salih Turan; Davoudi, Narmin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

This paper provides new evidence on the long-run relationship between exports and imports of the Iranian economy by employing bounds test approach to level relationship. In Iran, there have been many unusual policy changes and/or external shocks to the economy which resulted in the occurrence of...

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China ; Understanding a New Global Economic Player

Siebert, Horst - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

This paper analyzes China's economic performance in the last 25 years and discusses its prospect for growth in the future. China has enjoyed high annual GDP growth rates of about ten percent in the last 25 years. Exports and investment were the two driving forces of the growth process. FDI plays...

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Costs of trade and self-selection into exporting and importing: The case of Turkish manufacturing firms

Dalgic, Basak; Fazlioglu, Burcu; Gasiorek, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

This paper focuses on self-selection into trade by exporting and importing firms, and on the presence of differential … heterogeneity and the connection between firm-level performance and international trade. They provide evidence on the remarkable …

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Wage subsidies and international trade: When does policy coordination pay?

Braun, Sebastian; Spielmann, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

National labour market institutions interact across national boundaries when product markets are global. Labour market policies can thus entail spill-overs, which suggests that there are benefits from international policy coordination. This paper studies the effects of wage subsidies in an...

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Wage subsidies and international trade: When does policy coordination pay?

Braun, Sebastian; Spielmann, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

National labour market institutions interact across national boundaries when product markets are global. Labour market policies can thus entail spill-overs, a fact widely ignored in the academic literature. This paper studies the effects of wage subsidies in an international duopoly model with...

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Energy Saving Technology Diffusion via FDI and Trade: A CGE Model of China

Hübler, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

This paper introduces intra- and inter-sectoral technology diffusion via FDI and imports into a recursive-dynamic CGE model for climate policy analyses. It analyzes China’s accession to a Post Kyoto emission regime that keeps global emissions from 2012 on constant. Due to ongoing energy...

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Fair, Optimal or Detrimental? Environmental vs. Strategic Use of Border Carbon Adjustment

Weitzel, Matthias; Hübler, Michael; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

. Herein, the strategic use of BTAX (the manipulation of the terms of trade) is stronger for all coalition regions than the … other energy exporters would oppose it, while the Low-Income Countries would not because of benefits from the trade …

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Trade policy and environmental protection

Siebert, Horst - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996

The paper analyzes the relationship between trade policy and environmental protection. National and global … environmental issues are distinguished. In principle, there is no conflict between an institutional order for international trade … a trade strategy are not justified. Uncertainty in international trade arising from environmental policy should be …

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Can Carbon Based Import Tariffs Effectively Reduce Carbon Emissions?

Hübler, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

We estimate CO2 implicitly contained in traded commodities based on the GTAP 7 data: While net carbon imports into the industrialized countries amount to 15% of their total emissions, net carbon exports of the developing countries amount to 12% of their total emissions, and net carbon exports of...

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