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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon : What Are the Consequences of China's WTO Entry for India'S Trade
International Monetary Fund - 2005
One of the most significant recent developments in world trade has been the entry of China into the World Trade … Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China''s WTO accession for India''s trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China''s WTO entry in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400923
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Trade Costs and Location of Foreign Firms in China
International Monetary Fund - 2005
entry matters more than access to the rest of China, which is consistent with market fragmentation due to underdeveloped …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400961
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Neglected Heterogeneity and Dynamics in Cross-Country Savings Regressions
International Monetary Fund - 1999
This paper examines the extent to which conclusions of cross-country studies of private savings are robust to allowing for the possible heterogeneity of savings behavior across countries and the inclusion of dynamics. It shows that neglecting heterogeneity and dynamics can lead to misleading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400163
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Issues and developments in international trade policy
Kelly, Margaret R. (contributor) - 1988
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004069189
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The Recent Behavior of U.S. Trade Prices
International Monetary Fund - 1989
There is a widespread view that the adjustment of U.S. trade prices--and hence merchandise trade flows--in the face of the substantial dollar depreciation since early 1985 has been slower than might have been expected. This paper examines the recent behavior of U.S. trade prices, and concludes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396298
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Reinvigorating Trade and Inclusive Growth
International Monetary Fund - 2018
Trade integration can play a much larger role in boosting shared prosperity. The current focus on trade tensions threatens to obscure the great untapped benefits possible from further trade reform. The opportunities provided by information technology and other fundamental changes in the global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408459
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Elasticity Optimism
International Monetary Fund - 2009
In most macroeconomic models, the substitutability between domestic and foreign goods is calibrated using aggregated data. This imposes homogeneous elasticities across goods, and the calibration is only valid under this assumption. If elasticities are heterogeneous, the aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402215
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Pakistan's Macroeconomic Adjustment and Resumption of Growth, 1999-2004
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
The main findings are as follows: (1) an increase in private national saving during 2001-03 was the key contributor to the turnaround in Pakistan's external current account during this period; (2) while Pakistan's growth was mainly export-led before 2003-04, it was largely led by domestic demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599417
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Lao People's Democratic Republic; Recent Economic Developments
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2000
This report discusses major developments in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), and updates the statistical tables on recent economic developments and provides an overview of the real sector. Factors that have limited revenue collections and developments in the monetary and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252622
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The Gambia; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper describes the recent economic developments in The Gambia. The paper highlights that the economic performance of The Gambia deteriorated sharply in 2002, as sparse rainfall led to a decline of one-third in agricultural output. Real GDP shrank by 3 percent. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768523