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Changing Commercial Policy in Japan During 1985–2010
Kawai, Masahiro; Urata, Shujiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
In this paper we examine the changing nature of Japan’s commercial policy over the last 25 years while reviewing Japan’s changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a two-track approach of relying on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278084
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Tariffs in New Zealand : The economic impacts of retaining tariffs in New Zealand A dynamic CGE analysis
Ballingall, John; Giesecke, James; Zuccollo, James - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The government announced in late 2009 that it would freeze tariffs at current levels until 2015 at the earliest. We examine the potential costs and benefits to the New Zealand economy of this policy decision using a recently-developed dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363417
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Changing Commercial Policy in Japan During 1985–2010
Kawai, Masahiro; Urata, Shujiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
In this paper we examine the changing nature of Japans commercial policy over the last 25 years while reviewing Japans changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a two-track approach of relying on multilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363476
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Does Finance Really Matter for the Participation of SMEs in International Trade? Evidence from 8,080 East Asian Firms
Jinjarak, Yothin; Mutuc, Paulo Jose; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
This paper studies factors associated with firm participation in export markets, focusing primarily on firm size and … interdependent relationships between export participation, firm size, and access to credit. SMEs participating in export markets tend … participation in export markets. The estimation results also point to the supportive influences of foreign ownership, worker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010901625
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Exports and Profitability - First Evidence for German Business Services Enterprises
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - In: Applied Economics Quarterly (formerly: Konjunkturpolitik) 56 (2010) 1, pp. 7-30
, when observed firm characteristics and unobserved firm specific effects are controlled for. We find that export-starters in … services are less profitable than non-starters, even two years before they begin to export, pointing to self-selection of less … profitable firms into export markets. We use a recently developed continuous treatment approach to investigate the causal impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784855
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Regional Trade Agreements and Enterprises in Southeast Asia
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
The spread of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Southeast Asia has ignited a debate about their impact on business, and ways to avoid raising the business costs from the Asian ‘noodle bowl’ effect. This paper undertakes a comparative and firm-level analysis of the impact of RTAs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134359