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Financial constraints and international trade with endogenous mode of competition:
Bouët, Antoine; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
of trade. By increasing the cost of external finance, a financial shock increases the financial cost of exporting and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272219
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Gatt and the Future of International Trade Institutions.
Jackson, J.H.; Yntema, H.E. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357200
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The Risk Content of Exports: A Portfolio View of International Trade
Giovanni, Julian di; Levchenko, Andrei A. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2008
. This measure is strongly correlated with the volatility of terms-of-trade, total exports, and output, but does not exhibit … a close relationship to the level of income, overall trade openness, or other country characteristics. We then propose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357207
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Reforming agricultural markets in Africa: Achievements and challenges
Kherallah, Mylene (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The long-term reduction of hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the great challenges for the international development community. Eliminating hunger and promoting widespread growth in the region inevitably involves agriculture, given its central role in the region's economies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752689
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Export Demand Elasticities as Determinants of Growth: Estimates for Mauritius
Habiyaremye, Alexis; Ziesemer, Thomas - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
, employment, export partners' growth and terms of trade to estimate price and income elasticities of export demand, total … relating them to various strands of trade and growth literature. Based on the results of this estimation, we also calculate … steady-state growth rates, engine and handmaiden effects of growth as well as the dynamic steady-state gains from trade for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005451570
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Structure and performance of Ethiopia’s coffee export sector:
Minten, Bart; Tamru, Seneshaw; Kuma, Tadesse; Nyarko, Yaw - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
We study the structure and performance of the coffee export sector in Ethiopia, Africa’s most important coffee producer, over the period 2003 to 2013. We find an evolving policy environment leading to structural changes in the export sector, including an elimination of vertical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132614
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Does freer trade really lead to productivity growth?: Evidence from Africa
Bresnahan, Lauren; Coxhead, Ian; Foltz, Jeremey; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
We use firm-level data from the World Bank’s Regional Program on Enterprise Development, covering Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania for 1991–2003. Econometric results confirm well-known relationships, such as a positive association between export intensity and TFP, which implies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132723
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Summary of Structure and performance of Ethiopia’s coffee export sector:
Minten, Bart; Tamru, Seneshaw; Kuma, Tadesse; Nyarko, Yaw - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
We study the structure and performance of the coffee export sector in Ethiopia, Africa’s most important coffee producer, over the period 2003 to 2013. We find an evolving policy environment that leads to structural changes in the export sector, including an elimi-nation of vertical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132776
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Issues of Fairness in Dispute Settlement
Brown, Andrew G.; Stern, Robert M. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2008
domestic regulatory measures and the trade-related norms and rules of the WTO. There follows an analysis of experience with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005551404
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Are U.S. Exports Different from China's Exports? Evidence from Japan's Imports
Koyota, Kozo - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2008
Are U.S. exports different from China's exports? If so, how? This paper attempts to answer this question, focusing on the quality, variety, and overlap of their products. Using product-level manufacturing import data from Japan, I find that the exports of China and the United States are similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005551446