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Productivity As If Space Mattered: An Application to Factor Markets Across China

Cheng, Wenya; Morrow, John; Tacharoen, Kitjawat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

of distinct regional labor markets in firm input use, productivity and location by combining firm and population census … data. Considering modern China as a country with substantial regional variation, we find labor costs vary by 30 …

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Liberalization and globalization: the issues at stake for the South and for UNCTAD

Singh, Ajit; Zammit, Ann - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996

Executive Summary UNCTAD IX is taking place at an important historical juncture. The conclusion of the Uruguay Round negotiations and the establishment of the World Trade Organization have contributed to the emergence of a new world order in matters extending well beyond traditional trade...

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The post-Uruguay round world trading system, industrialisation, trade and development: implications for Asia-Pacific developing countries

Singh, Ajit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1996

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of the Uruguay Round Agreements for domestic economic policy in developing countries, particularly those in the Asia Pacific region. Apart from trade liberalization these Agreements have also extended multilateral rules and...

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Does wealth inequality reduce the gains from trade?

Caselli, Mauro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Panel data on 54 developing countries between 1960 and 2000 are used to investigate how the impact of opening to trade on economic growth is affected by wealth inequality. The results suggest (a) that opening to trade tends to accelerate growth but (b) that the addition to growth depends...

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Climate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness: Climate Trade Performance of India, SAARC and Asia Pacific Region

Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

friendly goods and technologies. The Comparative advantage analyses indicate that Hong Kong, China, and Japan have comparative … China, Hong Kong and Japan, and Asia Pacific region are major exporter of CFG during 2002-2008. Competitiveness of India …, China and South Korea has improved in 2008. Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, and India prefer to trade in CFG regionally and have shown …

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From Export Promotion To Import Substitution; Comparative Experience of China and Mexico

Shafaeddin, Mehdi; Pizarro, Juan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

develop comparative advantage in many industries initiated through import substitution; but China has been more successful …Abstract Both Mexico and China have started export orientation in some industries, through assembly operations, based … on imported inputs a couple of decades ago. The literature on industrialization, has discussed the questions of import …

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Biofuel subsidies and international trade

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Bhaumik, Sumon; Wall, Howard J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper explores optimal biofuel subsidies in a general equilibrium trade model. The focus is on the production of biofuels such as corn-based ethanol, which diverts corn from use as food. In the small-country case, when the tax on crude is not available as a policy option, a second-best...

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The Role of Services Trade in Economic Development

Alege, Philip; Ogundipe, Adeyemi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper is an attempt to investigate the impact of services trade on economic development of Sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries. Our analysis is based on a panel data framework over the period 1990 to 2010 covering thirty-three countries. The paper employs the endogenous growth model to...

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Working For the Few: Political Capture and Economic Inequality

Fuentes-Nieva, Ricardo; Galasso, V. Nicholas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Economic inequality is rapidly increasing in the majority of countries. The wealth of the world is divided in two: almost half going to the richest one percent; the other half to the remaining 99 percent. The World Economic Forum has identified this as a major risk to human progress. Extreme...

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Intra-Industry Trade and Development: Revisiting Theory, Measurement and New Evidences.

Das, Gouranga G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

In this paper, role of international trade in economic development is discussed, both from the perspective of theoretical development and empiricism. In particular, it revisits theories pertaining to intra-industry and inter-industry trade and presents evidences of resilience in intra-industry...

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