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Falling Walls and Lifting Curtains: Analysis of Border Effects in Transition Countries

Kandogan, Yener - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2006

Since McCallum’s (1995) finding of surprisingly high border effect on trade between US and Canada, there have been a number of studies on other parts of the world, and improvements made to the gravity model to accurately measure this effect. This paper suggests some other modifications to the...

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The Reorientation of Transition Countries’ Exports: Changes in Quantity, Quality and Variety

Kandogan, Yener - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

The paper analyzes the factors behind the reorientation of transition countries’ exports to their non-traditional partners outside their former block. First, the amount of reorientation is calculated using a gravity model. Then, reasons for the cross-country differences in the rate of closing...

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TDoes Product Differentiation Explain The Increase in Exports of Transition Countries?

Kandogan, Yener - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

The paper analyzes the increase in transition countries’ exports to their non-traditional trade partners. It uses four different measures of product differentiation to find out the extent that the increase in product variety explains this phenomenon. It is found that opening up to new trade...

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The Institutional Foundation of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (FIEs) in China

Huang, Yasheng - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 1999

. This paper uses data from 39 industries in China for a period of three years (1995-1997) to explore the institutional …

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Entry Costs & Increasing Trade

Lincoln, William F.; McCallum, Andrew H. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2011

Using confidential microdata from the US Census, we find that the fraction of manufacturing plants that export rose … instead argue that changes in other factors that determine export status are sufficient to explain these trends. …

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Comparative Advantages in U. S. Bilateral Services Trade with China and India

Liu, Lirong; Nath, Hiranya K.; Tochkov, Kiril - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2015

comparative advantage (CA) in U.S. services trade with China and India from 1992 to 2010. The results indicate that the U.S. has a … recently China, gained a CA in modern services, such as computer and information services during the period considered in this … losing its initial dominance. In contrast, the U.S. CA or CDA vis-à-vis China exhibits high levels of persistence over time …

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How to Catch Foreign Fish? FDI and Privatization in EU Accession Countries

Merlevede, Bruno; Schoors, Koen - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2005

We examine the determinants of FDI stocks of ‘old’ EU-members in ten accession countries. Our partial adjustment framework results in a dynamic panel data analysis. In addition to the traditional variables, such as market potential and unit labour costs, we find institutional development to...

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PRIVATE SAVINGS IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES: ARE THERE TERMS OF TRADE SHOCKS?

Chowdhury, Abdur R. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2003

The paper examines the impact of terms of trade shocks on private savings in the transition economies after accounting for the effect of other determinants. Economic agents in the transition economies are subject to tight credit constraints which are more pronounced during bad state of nature....

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Voice of the Diaspora: An Analysis of Migrant Voting Behavior

Fidrmuc, Jan; Doyle, Orla - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

This paper utilizes a unique dataset on votes cast by Czech and Polish migrants in their recent national elections to investigate the impact of institutional, political and economic characteristics on migrants’ voting behavior. The political preferences of migrants are strikingly different...

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Yuan Real Exchange Rate Undervaluation, 1997-2006. How Much, How Often? Not Much, Not Often

Chen, Jeff; Deng, Wende; Kemme, David - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2008

Yuan real effective exchange rate misalignment is esitimated in a behavioral equilibrium exchange rate (BEER) model for the period 1997 to third quarter 2007. Using the Beveridge-Nelson decomposition a vector error correction model (VECM) of the exchange rate as a function of macroeconomic...

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