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Trade and the Crisis; Protect or Recover
Saito, Mika; Henn, Christian; Gregory, Rob; McDonald, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
restrictions is modest, at about 0.25 percent of global trade, as most countries have resisted a widespread resort to protectionism … restrict trade, so unless all countries vigorously resist protectionism this could threaten the economic recovery and drag down …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245865
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Trade, Growth, and Poverty; A Selective Survey
Berg, Andrew; Krueger, Anne O. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution for a given growth rate. Evidence from a variety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263804
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Does Import Protection Discourage Exports?
Tokarick, Stephen - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
, developing countries could increase their export earnings by reducing their own import tariffs, but countries must be careful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599612
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Assessing Protectionism and Subsidies in Agriculture; A Gravity Approach
Paiva, Claudio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
support claims that protectionism and distortive subsidies to agriculture remain widespread in more developed nations, which …-country protectionism are also found to be relatively closed to agricultural trade. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605018
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Protectionist Responses to the Crisis; Damage Observed in Product-Level Trade
McDonald, Bradley J.; Henn, Christian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
found to be responsible for 2/3 of the trade decline due to crisis protectionism, but their exports also absorbed 2/3 of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151205
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Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization Evidenceon Poverty From India
Topalova, Petia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper uses the 1991 Indian trade liberalization to measure the impact of trade liberalization on poverty, and to examine the mechanisms underpinning this impact. Variation in sectoral composition across districts and liberalization intensity across production sectors allows a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671312
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Value of WTO Trade Agreements in a New Keynesian Model
Ganelli, Giovanni; Tervala, Juha - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
of an agreement, which cuts tariffs by one percentage point, is 0.5% to 2% of consumption, much larger than in trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242404
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Developments and Challenges in the Caribbean Region
Cueva, Simón; Tokarick, Stephen; Lundbäck, Erik J.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252526
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Are Regional Trade Agreements in Asia Stumbling or Building Blocks? Some Implications for the Mekong-3 Countries
Tumbarello, Patrizia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of turning into an unmanageable "noodle bowl" in the future? The goal of this paper is to shed some light on this question. The results show that membership in the Asian RTAs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263990
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China'S Integration Into the World Economy; Implications for Developing Countries
Yang, Yongzheng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did and began to integrate rapidly with the world economy. With the country’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605423