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The Dollar in an Era of International Retrenchment
Chahrour, Ryan; Valchev, Rosen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Recent trends suggest the world economy may be tending towards an equilibrium with two distinct trading blocs, each internally integrated, but with significant isolation between the blocs. This paper uses a quantitative theory to explore how far this bifurcation would need to go to pose a threat...
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Numerical General Equilibrium Analysis of China's Impacts from Possible Mega Trade Deals
Li, Chunding - 2014
This paper explores the potential impacts on both China and other major countries of possible mega trade deals. These include the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and various blocked deals. We use a numerical 13-country global general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458242
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How Close is Asia to Already Being A Trade Bloc?
Li, Chunding - 2014
FTA bilateral and regional negotiations in Asia have developed quickly in the past decade moving Asia ever closer to an … another. For countries in Asia there is negotiation of a China-Japan-Korea agreement, a China-India agreement, a Trans … potential full Asia integration in the form of a trade bloc. Our results reveal that these large Asia economies can be close to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458243
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Bond Markets as Conduits for Capital Flows : How Does Asia Compare?
Eichengreen, Barry - 2006
of financial integration or interrelatedness, asking how Asia compares with Europe and Latin America and with the base … head and shoulders above other regions in terms of financial integration. More interesting is that Asia already seems to …, and greater transparency that lead to larger and better developed financial systems in Asia, something that is conducive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466257
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The Impacts of Crises on the Trilemma Configurations
Aizenman, Joshua; Chinn, Menzie David; Itō, Hiro - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The "monetary trilemma" - the hypothesis that full monetary policy autonomy, exchange rate stability, and financial openness cannot simultaneously be achieved - has long been studied. Recently, holding international reserves (IR) has become an important policy instrument, insuring against...
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Trade Creation and Trade Diversion Under NAFTA
Krueger, Anne O. - 1999
Aggregate and more micro data on trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are used to attempt to assess the early effects of Mexican entry into NAFTA. Although the fraction of Mexican trade with the U.S. and Canada has risen sharply, a number of factors have contributed to this result. Mexican...
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Does Mercosur Need a Single Currency
Eichengreen, Barry - 1998
The possibility of a single currency for the Mercosur countries was raised by Argentine President Menem in December 1997 and again at the regional summit this past June. This paper argues that whether Mercosur needs a common currency depends on what kind of integrated regional market its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471990
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Contagion and Trade : Why Are Currency Crises Regional?
Glick, Reuven - 1998
Currency crises tend to be regional; they affect countries in geographic proximity. This suggests that patterns of international trade are important in understanding how currency crises spread, above and beyond any macroeconomic phenomena. We provide empirical support for this hypothesis. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472007
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North American Economic Integration and Industry Location
Hanson, Gordon H. - 1998
Does regional economic integration affect the location of economic activity inside countries? In this paper, I discuss recent academic literature on whether the movement towards free trade in North America has influenced the spatial organization of production in Canada, Mexico, or the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472223
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Economic Integration and Convergence : U.S. Regions, 1840-1987
Kim, Sukkoo - 1997
Despite the recent inroads made by models of interregional trade based on external" economies, the analysis of the long-run trends in U.S. regional specialization in agriculture manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, services, and all economic activities indicate that" these trends are...
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