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Technology network for machine tools in Vietnam

Mizuno, Junko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

When Vietnam joined the WTO, it accepted foreign direct investment and started to grow. Technically, it was then greatly influenced by the enterprises that entered the country through direct investment. This report shows that the technology network for machine tools is formed via direct...

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Do export promotion agencies increase exports?

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Lee, Hyun-Hoon; Park, Donghyun - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

In this paper, we examine the role of export promotion agencies (EPAs) in promoting exports from Japan and Korea …

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The Role of Distance in Determining International Transport Costs: Evidence from Philippine Import Data

Kuwamori, Hiroshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper presents an empirical investigation of the appropriateness of distance as a determinant of international transport costs by using Philippine import data. This study addresses three specific questions. First, does distance really matter in the determination of transport costs? Second,...

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How do free trade agreements change import prices? : firm-level evidence from China's imports from ASEAN

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Yang, Chih-Hai - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

-level imports in China from ASEAN countries by employing Chinaâ€™s firm-product-level trade data. As a result, controlling for firm …

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Real exchange rate appreciation, resource boom, and policy reform in Myanmar

Kubo, Koji - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

exchange and imports. First, foreign exchange controls prevented replacement of the negotiated transactions of foreign exchange … imports, aggravating excess supply of foreign exchange. Relaxation of administrative controls is necessary for moderating …

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Why do oil importers diversify their import sources politically? : evidence from U.S. firm-level data

Kashcheeva, Mila; Tsui, Kevin K. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

macro evidence, we first show that individual firms diversify their oil imports politically, even after controlling for … unobserved firm heterogeneity. We conjecture that the political pattern of oil imports from these individual firms is driven by … market can adjust their imports immediately, vertically-integrated firms with investment overseas tend to commit to term …

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Trade obstacles, inventory level of inputs, and internationalization of enterprise activities : a comparison between Southeast Asia and Latin America

Ueki, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

This paper investigates the impact of trade barriers such as customs clearance, subjective trade obstacles (customs and trade regulations), and inventory of inputs on the internationalization of enterprises in Southeast Asia and Latin America, using the World Bank's enterprise surveys. Empirical...

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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 Mexicoâ€™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...

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Product quality and intra-industry trade

Ito, Tadashi; Okubo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

In this study, we argue that the conventional intra-industry trade (IIT) index does not address the quality issue directly and propose a methodology to make full use of unit-price gap information to deduce quality differences between simultaneously exported and imported products. By applying...

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The source of sustainable growth in Costa Rica

Nabeshima, Kaoru; Ito, Tadashi; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Costa Rica has some concerns for the "middle income trap" stemming from her perceived weakening export competitiveness, intensifying competition in attracting FDI inflow; and apparent lack of innovation capabilities. Quantitative analyses on the impact of recent FTAs suggest only large firms...

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