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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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The impact of a customs union with the EU on Turkey's welfare, employment and income distribution: An AGE analysis
Santis, Roberto A. De - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997
The economic implications and the income distribution effects of the CU between Turkey and the EU have been studied by applying a general equilibrium model to the Turkish economy. The numerical results show that the CU is not trade diverting. Most importantly, urban (rural) groups are better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276313
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The impact of a Customs Union with the EU on internal migration in Turkey under the two alternative Harris-Todaro and wage curve settings
Santis, Roberto A. De - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998
The impact on internal migration of the recent Customs Union (CU) agreement between Turkey and the European Union (EU) has been studied with an intra-industry trade Applied General Equilibrium (AGE) model with intersectoral capital mobility, under two alternative specifications for the labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276607
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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
The paper analyses sectoral patterns of intra-Asian trade for selected Asian countries as well as for sub-regions within Asia. Beyond a general trend towards manufactures, it reveals remarkable differences in specialisation profiles between lagging South Asian countries still concentrating on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009276242
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Subsidies and Exports in Germany. First Evidence from Enterprise Panel Data
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Wagner, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We document that only a small fraction of enterprises is subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076112
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The Cost of EU Trade Protection in Textiles and Clothing
Francois, Joseph F.; Glismann, Hans H.; Spinanger, Dean - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000
This paper estimates the costs of EU restraints on trade in textiles and clothing. After explaining the methods used, we examine the impact of an opening up of EU trade in textiles and clothing, inter alia to those economies where the textile and clothing (T&C) industries command sizeable shares...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700596
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Sectoral Distortions and Service Protection in Russia. A Comparison with Benchmark Emerging Markets and EU Accession Candidates
Langhammer, Rolf J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
Recent empirical research on efficiency gains for Russia from WTO membership concludes that service trade … accession countries are also high and variant and thus cannot serve as a proxy for the “economic distance of Russia to Brussels … services (i.e., energy distribution), Russia will probably not open its service sector for EU suppliers more than is required …
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Does It Pay for US-based NGOs to Go to War? Empirical Evidence for Afghanistan and Iraq
Kim, Youngwan; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
Apart from altruistic reasons, NGOs may engage in developing countries under conditions of conflict and war in order to secure funding and survive in the ‘market’ of humanitarian relief and development assistance. Applying a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach, we analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887013
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Rethinking Global Climate Change Governance
Barrett, Scott - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
This paper explains why the approach taken so far to mitigate global climate change has failed. The central reason is an inability to enforce targets and timetables. Current proposals recommending even stricter emission limits will not help unless they are able to address the enforcement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083424
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Differentiating emissions targets for individual developed countries: economics and equity
Reisinger, Andy - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
A key challenge for a future climate change agreement is allocating emissions targets for individual developed countries that are perceived as equitable given differing national circumstances. Many economics-based frameworks for evaluating future targets use as a key criterion for individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103350