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Beyond the information technology agreement : harmonization of standards and trade in electronics
Portugal-Pérez, Alberto - 2009
"Product standards can have a dual impact on production and trade costs. Standards may impose additional costs on exporters as it may be necessary to adapt products for specific markets (cost-effect). In contrast, standards can reduce exporters' information costs if they convey information on...
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Trading on time
Djankov, Simeon - 2006
"The authors determine how time delays affect international trade using newly collected World Bank data on the days it takes to move standard cargo from the factory gate to the ship in 126 countries. They estimate a modified gravity equation, controlling for endogeneity and remoteness. On...
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On the conservation of distance in international trade
Berthelon, Matias - 2004
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Turkey : informatics and economic modernization
1993
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Turkey's evolving trade integration into pan-European markets
Ng, Francis - 2006
"This is an empirical paper seeking to identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global markets in general, and … following observations. First, thanks to steady expansion of trade in goods and services since the mid-1980s, Turkey has become … highly integrated into the world economy. Second, Turkey's export performance in 1996-2004 in EU markets bears strong …
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Insurance and liquidity : panel evidence
Shankar, Rashmi - 2005
probability of a crisis are of the expected sign. The panel data set covers the time period 1973 through 2003 for 90 countries …
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Niger - Modernizing Trade During a Mining Boom : Diagnostic Trade Integration Study for the Integrated Framework Program
World Bank - 2012
The Niger Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) has been prepared under the Integrated Framework (IF) for trade related technical assistance to least developed countries in response to a request from the Government of Burkina Faso. The study is to build the foundation for accelerated growth...
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Angola : Diagnostic Trade Integration Study
World Bank - 2012
The primary goal of this Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) is to provide a plan for reactivating Angola's productive sectors that reduces the country's reliance on imports while enabling the restoration of export capacity in the medium to long term. Executing such a plan will involve...
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Afghanistan Diagnostics Trade Integration Study
World Bank - 2013
Trade enables countries to import ideas and technologies, realize comparative advantages and economies of scale, and foster competition and innovation, which in turn increases productivity and achieves higher sustainable employment and economic growth. Countries open to international trade tend...
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Does regionalism affect trade liberalization toward non-members ?
Estevadeordal, Antoni - 2008
"This paper examines the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on applied most-favored nation tariffs and bilateral preferences for ten Latin American countries from 1990 to 2001. The findings show that preferential tariff reduction in a given sector...
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