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Lanz, Rainer; Miroudot, Sébastien; Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2011

Specialisation or division of labour is an important source of economic growth, but the degree of division of labour is constrained by the extent of the market. Trade in tasks represents the latest turn in a virtuous cycle of deepening specialisation, expansion of the market and productivity...

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Farm Level Analysis of Risk and Risk Management Strategies and Policies: Technical Note

Kimura, Shingo; Thi, Christine Le - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2011

This Working Paper serves as a technical background note for the Farm-level analysis of risk, risk management strategies and policies (OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Papers No.26). It describes: 1) the data source and analytical methods employed to measure risk exposure at the farm...

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The Role of Services for Competitiveness in Manufacturing

Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik; Kim, Yunhee - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013

This study analyses the relationships between competitiveness in manufacturing and the quality of key supporting services. Three indicators of competitiveness are considered: the degree of product differentiation, unit prices obtained in export markets and the duration of trade. The density of...

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Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Telecommunication Services

Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik; Grosso, Massimo Geloso; … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2014

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for telecommunications. The STRIs are composite … telecommunications and captures regulations in force in 2013. The scores range between 0.06 and 0.61, with a sample average of 0 …

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Technical Barriers to Trade: Evaluating the Trade Effects of Supplier's Declaration of Conformity

Fliess, Barbara; Gonzales, Frédéric; Schonfeld, Raymond - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008

medical devices, telecommunications equipment and machinery sectors. The paper explains the rationale for using SDOC, expected … telecommunications equipment and low-risk medical devices, whereas the results for machinery are ambiguous. The most striking increases …

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Services Barriers and their Economic Impact: Examples of Banking and Telecommunications Services in Selected Transition Economies

Dihel, Nora; Kalinova, Blanka - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2004

(SEE) countries (for telecommunications and banking) and Russia (for telecommunications). Among the selected countries, the … Baltic countries record the highest liberalisation scores for both telecommunications and banking services making their … stability and structural reform. The telecommunications estimates put Russia in an intermediate position between the results for …

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China's Trade and Growth: Impact on Selected OECD Countries

Greene, Malory; Dihel, Nora; Kowalski, Przemyslaw; … - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2006

This paper examines China's emergence as a global player in international markets over the last few decades. It provides an overview of China's trade policy environment following the country's process of market opening and joining the WTO. The report analyses China’s role in international...

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The Impact of Pro-Competitive Reforms on Trade in Developing Countries

Miroudot, Sébastien; Pinali, Enrico; Sauter, Nicolas - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2007

This report proposes an analysis of the mutually reinforcing relationship between trade, investment and competition policies and how together they impact trade in developing countries. An index of pro-competitive reforms is provided for 82 countries over the period 2001-2005. The index...

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Modal Estimates of Services Barriers

Dihel, Nora; Shepherd, Ben - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2007

This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative weighting methods and improved econometric specifications; the data include barriers affecting each mode of services supply and additional sector-specific regulatory variables. We provide an...

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