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EU Integration and its Implications for Asian Economies – What we Know and What Not
Langhammer, Rolf J.; Schweickert, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
between EU, US, and Japanese exports to Asia on the one hand and Asian and European exports to industrialized countries on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755194
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Trade, Education, and The Shrinking Middle Class
Blanchard, Emily; Willmann, Gerald - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
We develop a new model of trade in which educational institutions drive comparative advantage and determine the distribution of human capital within and across countries. Our framework exploits a multiplicity of sectors and the continuous support of human capital choices to demonstrate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886979
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Challenges to the multilateral trading system and possible responses
Panagariya, Arvind - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
largest merchandise exporter, China should now take the lead are frivolous. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956026
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Why a Marketplace Must Not Discriminate: The Case against a US-EU free Trade Agreement
Langhammer, Rolf J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
expected to have ever more discriminatory effects to the detriment of dynamic non-member economies mainly in Asia but also in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025597
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From trade preferences to trade facilitation: Taking stock of the issues
Persson, Maria - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
The objective of the paper is to explore and give an overview of two central policy alternatives to improve the integration between the European Union and developing countries by removing barriers to trade: trade preferences and trade facilitation. After reviewing the relevant literatures and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223281
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Small trade flows, compliance costs and trade preferences: The case of EU imports from African LDCs
Nilsson, Lars; Dotter, Caroline - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
Previous work has shown that a significant number of preference eligible goods are imported into the EU from developing countries at relatively small values and that the rate of preference utilisation of these imports are low and in many cases zero. This fact is unobserved in the aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321672
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The expansion of intra-Asian trade: an analysis of structural patterns and determinants
Langhammer, Rolf J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997
-regions within Asia. Beyond a general trend towards manufactures, it reveals remarkable differences in specialisation profiles … manufactures, resource-intensive goods still play a larger role in intra-Asian trade than in trade outside Asia. This reflects both … differences in factor endowments inside Asia but also differences in access conditions (trade policy). Growth in intra- Asian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276242
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The impact of regionalism on the multilateral trading order: French tariff bargaining in the Uruguay Round
Piazolo, Daniel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1995
This paper analyzes the GATT negotiations during the Uruguay Round and shows that France was induced to accept a more free trade oriented package due to her integration into the European community. The importance of the European economic and diplomatic relationships led France to accept a GATT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277747
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Deep trade policy options for Armenia: The importance of trade facilitation, services and standards liberalization
Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
In this paper the authors develop an innovative 21 sector computable general equilibrium model of Armenia to assess the impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or multilateral trade policy commitments. The authors find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278224
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Service Trade Liberalization as a Handmaiden of Competitiveness in Manufacturing: An Industrialized or Developing Country Issue?
Langhammer, Rolf J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
This paper discusses the issue whether developing countries forego chances in world manufactured markets by protecting intermediate services against market entry of new suppliers. By scanning the empirical literature on effective rates of protection (ERP), the evidence is supportive. Yet, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755146