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Myanmar's non-resource export potential after the lifting of economic sanctions : a gravity model analysis
Kubo, Koji - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
Easing of economic sanctions by Western countries in 2012 augmented the prospect that Myanmar will expand its exports …. On the other hand, a sharp rise in natural resource exports during the sanctions brings in a concern about the "Dutch … model that takes into account the effects of natural resource exports on non-resource exports. Without taking into account …
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The middle-income trap from the viewpoint of trade structures
Kumagai, Satoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
In this study, we try to elucidate the middle-income trap from the viewpoint of international trade. We conduct regression analyses on the relationship between income level and net export ratios for different types of goods for trapped and non-trapped samples separately. Our findings indicate...
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Estimating the effect of chemical safety standards on firm performance in Malaysia and Vietnam
Otsuki, Tsunehiro; Michida, Etsuyo; Nabeshima, Kaoru; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
This paper uses firm-level data to examine the impact of chemical safety regulations imposed by importing countries such as RoHS and REACH on the production costs and export performance of firms in Malaysia and Vietnam. We find that in addition to the initial setup costs for compliance, EU RoHS...
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Tracing CO2 emissions in global value chains
Meng, Bo; Peters, Glen; Wang, Zhi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper integrates two lines of research into a unified conceptual framework: trade in global value chains and embodied emissions. This allows both value added and emissions to be systematically traced at the country, sector, and bilateral levels through various production network routes. By...
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Transition from black to official markets for foreign exchange in Myanmar
Kubo, Koji - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 5015
We address the puzzle why the black market for foreign exchange thrives in Myanmar despite the successful unification of multiple exchange rates. A closer look at the black market reveals that its enduring competitiveness stems from its lower transaction costs. A question arising from this...
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Natural Gas Export Revenue, Fiscal Balance and Inflation in Myanmar
Kubo, Koji - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010
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The Garment Industry in Cambodia: Its Role in Poverty Reduction through Export-Oriented Development
Yamagata, Tatsufumi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
Cambodia's export-oriented garment industry has contributed greatly to poverty reduction in the country through employment of the poor. This paper provides a statistical verification of this contribution based on firm-level data from 164 sampled companies collected in 2003. Its main conclusions...
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Prospects for Development of the Garment Industry in Developing Countries: What Has Happened Since the MFA Phase-Out?
Yamagata, Tatsufumi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
exports were agreed with the US and the EU, the post-MFA surge in Chinese garment exports was significantly attenuated; (2 …) instead, the growth in garment exports from other Asian low-income countries to the two markets was revived in 2006; (3) the … Bangladesh and Cambodia, not only survived the liberalization but also have steadily expanded their garment exports throughout …
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On the variety of Mexico's export goods
Ito, Tadashi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper examines the evolution of the variety of Mexico’s export goods using disaggregated trade data. Both the econometric estimation analyses using the raw data and the one using an improved version of Feenstra and Kee's (2004, 2007) methodology proposed in this paper show that NAFTA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213711
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Political crisis and suspension of duty-free access in Madagascar : assessment of impacts on the garment industry
Fukunishi, Takahiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
market (AGOA) resulting from the turmoil had a greater impact on exports, 64%–78% reduction, than the turmoil itself. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134419