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The Brexit Conundrum Worsens the UK's Relationship with the European Union
Ryan, John T - 2019
This paper examines the shortcomings in the UK government's Brexit negotiation strategy which reflected Prime Minister Theresa May's weak political leadership. The Prime Minister focused on securing the short-term political survival of her government amidst turbulent and fractious domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861473
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Economic Growth and Pollutant Emissions : New Panel Evidence from the Union for the Mediterranean Countries
Ben Abdeljelil, Mouna; Rault, Christophe; Belaïd, Fateh - 2023
This paper investigates the existence of an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) and its robustness for 28 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) over the recent period. Our methodology relies on four recent estimation methods for non-stationary panel data and includes four pollutants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014262471
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Quantifying the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
Felbermayr, Gabriel J. - 2018
This paper provides a quantitative analysis of the new EU-Japan free trade agreement (FTA), the biggest bilateral deal that both the EU and Japan have concluded so far. It employs a generalized variant of the Eaton-Kortum (2002) model, featuring multiple sectors, input-output linkages, services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908655
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and European Trade Flows : Evidence from a Dynamic Panel Model
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria; Sova, Robert - 2022
This paper investigates the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade flows in the case of the European countries. First, an ARDL dynamic panel model is estimated using the PMG method to analyse monthly data covering the most recent period (2019M1-2021M12); then, the GMM and PCSE approaches are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080051
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The Efficiency of State Aid for the Deployment of High-Speed Broadband : Evidence from the French Markets
Bourreau, Marc; Grzybowski, Lukasz; Munoz-Acevedo, Ángela - 2023
In this paper, we evaluate the efficiency of the French State aid plan for broadband deployment, the Plan France Très … more than 34,000 municipalities in mainland France over 2014-2019. We then assess whether private investment would have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356318
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How free trade can help convert the 'Arab Spring' into permanent peace and democracy
Gylfason, Thorvaldur; Martínez, Inmaculada; Wijkman, … - 2012
Since Jean Monnet conceived the Coal and Steel Community, free trade has successfully prevented serious conflicts in Europe between democratically governed States with market economies. After six countries established the European Community, this principle has been extended successfully to its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283618
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State visits and international trade
Nitsch, Volker - 2005
the travel activities of the heads of state of France, Germany and the United States between 1948 and 2003. My results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261361
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Under Attack : Terrorism and International Trade in France, 2014-16
Nitsch, Volker; Rabaud, Isabelle - 2021
in France over the period from January 2015 to July 2016. Using firm-level data at monthly frequency, we document an … immediate and lasting decline in cross-border trade after a mass terrorist attack. According to our estimates, France’s trade in … particularly strong effects for partner countries with low border barriers to France, for firms with less frequent trade activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224092
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The Trade Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Liu, Xuepeng; Ornelas, Emanuel; Shi, Huimin - 2021
Using a gravity-like approach, we study how Covid-19 deaths and lockdown policies affected countries’ imports from China during 2020. We find that a country’s own Covid-19 deaths and lockdowns significantly reduced its imports from China, suggesting that the negative demand effects prevailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224091
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and European Trade Patterns : A Sectoral Analysis
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria; Sova, Robert - 2022
This paper examines how the Covid-19 pandemic affected European trade patterns. Specifically, dynamic panel data models are estimated to assess the effects on exports and imports of various sectors and products (selected on the basis of their trading volume or strategic importance) of the...
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