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Trade Integration with Europe, Export Diversification and Economic Growth in Egypt
Dessus, Sébastien; Suwa Eisenmann, Akiko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
Egypt needs to diversify exports further in order to emerge from its isolation and to draw the maximum advantage from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791201
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An Egypt-United States Free Trade Agreement: Economic Incentives and Effects
Hoekman, Bernard; Konan, Denise; Maskus, Keith - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper explores the economic impact of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Egypt and the United States, assuming … that Egypt implements both the recently agreed Arab League FTA and a Partnership Agreement with the European Union. An … Egypt-United States agreement would improve Egypt’s economic welfare. Gains would be maximized if the agreement were to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791561
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Effective Protection and Investment Incentives in Egypt and Jordan During the Transition to Free Trade with Europe
Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper assesses the possible impact of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement (EMA) on Egypt and Jordan and identifies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791725
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Deep Integration, Non-Discrimination and Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade
Hoekman, Bernard; Konan, Denise - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
Key questions in evaluating the justification for free trade agreements (FTAs) are whether formal international cooperation is necessary to promote greater contestability of markets through harmonization or recognition of regulatory regimes ("deep integration"), and whether any actions taken to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792240
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Measuring Top Incomes and lnequality in the Middle East: Data Limitations and Illustration with the Case of Egypt
Alvaredo, Facundo; Piketty, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
East, with special emphasis to the case of Egypt. It has been noted that high inequality might have contributed to the Arab … income shares in a country like Egypt(or in other Middle East countries). One would need reliable fiscal sources in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171781
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Did Muhammad Ali Foster Industrialization in Early 19th Century Egypt?
Panza, Laura; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Muhammad Ali, who ruled Egypt between 1805 and 1849, intervened in Egyptian markets in an attempt to foster … Egyptian history than from other poor countries at that time since Egypt faced the same terms of trade boom typical of most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083712
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Macroinsurance for Microenterprises: A Randomized Experiment in Post-Revolution Egypt
McKenzie, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
conduct a randomized experiment in post-revolution Egypt to measure the impact of insuring microenterprises against …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084029
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The Impact of Trade on Organization and Productivity
Caliendo, Lorenzo; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
A firm's productivity depends on how production is organized given the level of demand for its product. To capture this mechanism, we develop a theory of an economy where firms with heterogeneous demands use labor and knowledge to produce. Entrepreneurs decide the number of layers of management...
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Sequential Exporting
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Calvo Pardo, Hector F.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Many new exporters give up exporting very shortly, despite substantial entry costs; others shoot up foreign sales and expand to new destinations. We develop a model based on experimentation to rationalize these and other dynamic patterns of exporting firms. We posit that individual export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008692316
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Trade Liberalization and Enterprise Restructuring in Bulgaria, 1992-4
Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper empirically tests the link between trade openness and enterprise restructuring in Bulgaria. It belongs to a recent line of work in the empirical trade literature that investigates the effects of trade policy on firm behaviour. The trade liberalization following the 1991 economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662077