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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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Tariff reductions and labor demand elasticities : evidence from Chinese firm-level data

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

International production fragmentation has been a global trend for decades, becoming especially important in Asia where the manufacturing process is fragmented into stages and dispersed around the region. This paper examines the effects of input and output tariff reductions on labor demand...

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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

This paper examines the extent to which electricity supply constraints could affect sectoral specialization. For this purpose, an empirical trade model is estimated from 1990-2008 panel data on 15 OECD countries and 12 manufacturing sectors. We find that along with Ricardian technological...

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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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Spillover effects of TTIP on BRICS economies : a dynamic GVC-based CGE model

Cai, Songfeng; Zhang, Yaxiong; Meng, Bo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This paper uses a GVC (Global Value Chain)-based CGE model to assess the impact of TTIP between the U.S. and the EU on … BRICS countries. The simulation results indicate that in general the TTIP would positively impact global trade and economies … small negative impacts from the TTIP, except Brazil, but the inter-country trade within BRICS economies increases due to the …

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What motivates female operators to enter the garment industry in Pakistan in the post-MFA period?

Makino, Momoe - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

Pakistan's knitwear exports had been struggling since the quota phase-out until 2009. A particular feature of Pakistan's garment industry is that hiring more male sewing operators at piece rates. Recently, a few surviving knitwear factories have adopted a strategy of shifting from male...

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Revisiting labour and gender issues in Export Processing Zones : the cases of South Korea, Bangladesh and India

Murayama, Mayumi; Nobuko, Yokota - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008

The establishment of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) is a strategy for economic development that was introduced almost fifty years ago and is nowadays employed in a large number of countries. While the number of EPZs including several variants such as Special Economic Zone (SEZs) has increased...

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Are special economic zones a curse on those "chosen" to be evicted? : evidence form West Bengal, India

Paul, Saumik; Sarma, Vengadeshvaran - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

Using data from a self-administered survey of 1,017 households we assess the long-term impact of establishing a special economic zone, on those who are exogenously selected to be displaced. We find those who are displaced suffer from lower land compensation and lack of adequate property rights....

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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

The export-oriented garment industry in Madagascar has displayed robust growth, thus both contributing to the economy and creating formal employment opportunities. However, it experienced a critical situation after the political turmoil that occurred in 2009. Our investigation using the trade...

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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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