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FTA in international finance : impacts of exchange rates on FTA utilization

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Kim, HanSung; Yoshimi, Taiyo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This paper investigates how exchange rates affect the utilization of a free trade agreement (FTA) scheme in trading. Changes in exchange rates affect FTA utilization by two ways. The first way is by changing the excess profits gained by utilizing the FTA scheme, and the second way is by...

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Economic integration, location of industries, and frontier regions : evidence from Cambodia

Kuroiwa, Ikuo; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

We examine changes in the location of economic activity in Cambodia between 1998 and 2008 in terms of employment growth. During this period, Cambodia joined ASEAN and increased trade with neighboring countries. Drawing on the predictions of the new economic geography, we focus on frontier...

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Outward FDI from and intraregional FDI in ASEAN : trends and drivers

Hiratsuka, Daisuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

Developing-country transnational corporations (TNCs) are increasing in importance in the global economy. Outward FDI from developing countries is a proxy indicator to measure how much of an important role enterprises of developing countries have played in the world market and how they benefit...

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Issues Affecting the Movement of Rural Labour in Myanmar: Rakhine Case Study

Okamoto, Ikuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

This paper presents issues affecting the movement of rural labour in Myanmar, by examining the background, purpose and … poor to rich, farmers to fishermen, is migrating from broader areas to specific labour-intensive fishing subsectors, such … developed domestic labour market in rural Myanmar. There is a pressing need to create stable labour-intensive industries to meet …

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Financial Cooperation in East Asia

Kunimune, Kozo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper addresses the rationale for financial cooperation in East Asia. It begins by giving a brief review of developments after the Asian currency crisis, and argues that enhancing regional financial cooperation both quantitatively and qualitatively will require: (1) upgrading surveillance...

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Do Foreign Currency Deposits Promote or Deter Financial Development in Low-Income Countries? An Empirical Analysis of Cross-Country Data

Kubo, Koji - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

Foreign currency deposits (FCD) are prevalent in many low-income developing countries, but their impact on bank lending has rarely been examined. An examination of cross-country data indicates that a higher proportion of FCD in total deposits is associated with growth in private credit only in...

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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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Establishing global value chains through the liberalization of trade in services

Ishido, Hikari - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This paper addresses the importance of establishing global value chains through the liberalization of trade in services. A database has revealed rather disconnected policy arrangements across APEC members in terms of service trade liberalization. While the economic benefits arising from...

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