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Trade Imbalances and Multilateral Trade Cooperation

Marchetti, Juan A.; Ruta, Michele; Teh, Robert - 2021

Rising current account and merchandise trade imbalances marked the years before the global financial and economic crisis. These imbalances either contributed to or precipitated the crisis and to the extent that they create systemic risks, it is desirable that they be reduced. There are many...

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Reducing Tariffs According to WTO Accession Rules : The Case of Vietnam

Fosse, Henrik Barslund - 2011

When Vietnam entered WTO in 2007 it was granted an accession period up to 2014. During this period tariffs would have to fall according to the accession agreement. This paper evaluates this 2007-2014 trade liberalization by building an applied general equilibrium model and calibrating it to the...

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China's Gains from WTO Accession : Imports versus Exports

Lai, Ting-Wei - 2016

We examine the gains from Chinese accession to the WTO. Using Arkolakis, Costinot, and Rodríguez-Clare (2012) we provide a new quantitative welfare measure by dividing the manufacturing sector into import and export sub-sectors. We then evaluate how the increased openness caused by China's...

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Globalization and State Capitalism : Assessing Vietnam's Accession to the WTO

Baccini, Leonardo - 2017

What do state-owned enterprises (SOEs) do? How do they respond to market incentives? Can we expect substantial efficiency gains from trade liberalization in economies with a strong presence of SOEs? Using a new dataset of Vietnamese firms we document a set of empirical regularities...

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Membership has Its Privileges - The Effect of Membership in International Organizations on FDI

Dreher, Axel - 2010

We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent that membership restricts a country from pursuing policies that are harmful to investors, it can signal low political risk. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that...

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The Determinants of Election to the United Nations Security Council

Dreher, Axel; Gould, Matthew; Rablen, Matthew D.; … - 2021

predicts, for instance, World Bank and IMF loans. But who gets elected to the UNSC? Addressing this question empirically is not …

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The Costs of Favoritism : Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?

Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2021

World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …

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Does Membership on the Un Security Council Influence IMF Decisions? Evidence from Panel Data

Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2021

We investigate whether temporary members of the UN Security Council receive favorable treatment from the IMF, using panel data for 191 countries over the period 1951 to 2004. Our results indicate a robust positive relationship between temporary UN Security Council membership and participation in...

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The Political Economy of International Organizations

Dreher, Axel - 2016

We review the literature on the political economy of international organizations (IOs). Considering IOs as products of the preferences of various actors rather than monolithic entities we focus on national politicians, international bureaucrats, interest groups, and voters. By looking into the...

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Overcoming History through International Organizations – Historical Roots of EU Support and Euroscepticism

Gehring, Kai - 2019

There is little causal evidence about deep-rooted sources of support for shifting power from nation-states to international organizations. Focusing on the European Union, this paper develops the hypothesis that citizens appreciate the role of international organizations in constraining member...

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