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The Deepening China Brazil Economic Relationship

Whalley, John - 2015

We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil …'s largest export market while Brazil's export share to the US has halved. The number of bilateral cooperation agreements between …

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What Drives Home Market Advantage?

Cosar, Kerem - 2015

In the automobile industry, as in many tradable goods markets, firms earn their highest market share within their domestic market. This home market advantage persists despite substantial integration of international markets during the past several decades. The goal of this paper is to quantify...

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Transatlantic Free Trade : The View Point of Germany

Felbermayr, Gabriel - 2015

The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have strong economic effects on Germany. In this paper, we...

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Politicized Trade : What Drives Withdrawal of Trade Preferences?

Gassebner, Martin - 2018

While it is well understood that industrialized countries use aid to grant political favors, little research covers alternative channels such as trade policy towards developing countries. We analyze eligibility investigations and revoking of U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits...

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How Free Trade Can Help Convert the 'Arab Spring' into Permanent Peace and Democracy

Thorvaldur Gylfason; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; … - 2021

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...

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Understanding the Latest Wave and Future Shape of Regional Trade and Cooperation Agreements in Asia

Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2021

Asia accounts for more than 30% of world GDP and contributes half of the global growth in recent years. Despite high growth rates, Asia is still facing considerable socio-economic challenges. If Asia is to reemerge as a major power in the global economy and in order for the region to...

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Quality and the Great Trade Collapse

Chen, Natalie - 2015

We explore whether the global financial crisis has had heterogeneous effects on traded goods differentiated by quality. Combining a dataset of Argentinean firm-level destination-specific wine exports with quality ratings, we show that higher quality exports grew faster before the crisis, but...

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FDI, Trade Integration and the Border Effect : Evidence from the European Union

Martinez-San Roman, Valeriano - 2014

This paper intends to combine two fields in the economic literature by examining empirically the FDI pattern – horizontal versus vertical – within the European Union and the relevance of trade integration as a potential determinant of investment flows over the period 1995-2009. We capture...

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International Trade Integration : A Disaggregated Approach

Chen, Natalie - 2013

This paper investigates the sources and size of trade barriers at the industry level. We derive a micro-founded measure of industry-specific bilateral trade integration that has an in-built control for time-varying multilateral resistance. This trade integration measure is consistent with a...

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Drivers and Obstacles to Banking SMEs : The Role of Competition and the Institutional Framework

Torre, Augusto de la - 2009

institutional framework play a role in banks' decisions. To do so, we use a unique survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, two …

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