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This paper attempts to estimate the trade potential expected from the SADC FTA. Specifically, the study investigates what the Southern African countries stand to gain by way of increases in intra-regional trade if all trade barriers are removed. In order to assess the trade potential compared to...
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The main purpose of this paper is to assess intra-regional trade within the CIS by looking at the impact of numerous trade agreements in the region. Applying a gravity model on a set of 162 countries, we attempt to assess dynamics of intra-regional trade of various trade agreements between 1995...
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A new method for measuring trade potential from border effects is developed and applied to manufactured trade between the old fifteen European Union (EU) members and twelve Central and East European (CEE) economies. Border effects are estimated with three theoretically compatible trade...
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The literature that study the positive relation between openness and growth is extensive, but the discussion about it … and the influence of the openness´ channels. The channels in study are: technology transmition, exports, price distortion …, size of Government and foreign direct investment. The results report that openness influence growth through different links …
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This paper postulates that a country’s integration into the world economy may lower citizens’ political trust. I argue …
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Using an econometric model, this paper investigates the determining factors of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Morocco from 1960 to 2000. During this period Morocco was one of the most important recipients of FDI inflows in the Middle East and North African. This period is characterized by...
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In this paper the results of linear and nonlinear causality examination performed for openness of Polish economy and … its economic growth are presented. In order to extract the impact of world crisis on Polish economy we decided to apply …
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Using an econometric model, this paper investigates the determining factors of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Morocco from 1960 to 2000. During this period Morocco was one of the most important recipients of FDI inflows in the Middle East and North African. This period is characterized by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652026
analyze the implications of economic openness and inflation in dollarised developing countries with special reference to Ghana … openness Granger-causes inflation and dollarisation whilst seigniorage-maximizing rate of inflation varies from 102% in the …
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The study seeks to investigate empirically the direction and shape of causality among trade openness, investment and … openness, national income growth and total investment. Furthermore, empirical results of Granger causality confirm that there … exists unidirectional causality between economic growth and investment; between trade openness and economic growth; and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401344