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Do electricity supply constraints matter for comparative advantage? : a neoclassical approach

Sato, Hitoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

find that along with Ricardian technological differences and Heckscher-Ohlin factor-endowment differences, productivity …, machinery, chemicals, and paper products will see lower output shares as a result of decreases in productivity … dominate in the short-run, and factor endowment differences and productivity-adjusted electricity capacity tend to have a …

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Is FTA/EPA effective for a developing country to attract FDI? : simulation analysis based on an extended knowledge-capital model

Oyamada, Kazuhiko; Uchida, Yoko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

To prepare an answer to the question of how a developing country can attract FDI, this paper explored the factors and policies that may help bring FDI into a developing country by utilizing an extended version of the knowledge-capital model. With a special focus on the effects of FTAs/EPAs...

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Management for a Variety of Environmental Pollution and North-South Trade

Michida, Etsuyo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005

A simple static model incorporating a variety of environmental pollution is developed. An autarky model shows that a developing country regulates fewer types of pollution by income-induced environmental policy. As income grows, the types of regulated pollution increase and also introduced...

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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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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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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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Trade policies and trade mis-reporting in Myanmar

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

While the trade statistics of Myanmar show surpluses for 2007 through 2010, the corresponding statistics of trade partner countries indicate deficits. Such discrepancies in mirror trade statistics are analyzed in connection with the â€˜export-first and import-secondâ€™ policy...

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Bilateral tariff rates in international trade : finished goods versus intermediate goods

Hayakawa, Kazunobu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

In this paper, we examined back-and-forth international transactions through tariff reduction by estimating modified gravity equations for finished goods and intermediate goods separately. Our main findings are as follows. Exports of finished machinery products are negatively associated with not...

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Production networks in the Asia-Pacific region : facts and policy implications

Hiratsuka, Daisuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

Production networks have been extensively developed in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper employs two micro-level approaches, case studies and econometric analysis, using JETRO's firm surveys which investigate Japanese affiliates operating in Southeast Asia. These two approaches found that...

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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. Looking at two home countries enables us to tackle endogeneity issues by controlling for both country-pair time-invariant characteristics and importing country time-varying...

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