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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929478
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Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries
Ornelas, Emanuel - 2016
Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries (SDT) constitutes a central feature of the GATT/WTO system. Its formal goal is to foster export-led growth in developing countries. Its theoretical foundations and empirical support are, however, weak at best. In particular, SDT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994273
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Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights
Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - CESifo - 2010
and economic liberalization affect governments’ respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727302
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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration
Delogu, Marco; Docquier, Frédéric; Machado, Joël - CESifo - 2014
of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital ac-cumulation, income and … inequality are gradual and cumulative. In case of a complete liberalization, the world average level of GDP per worker increases … decreases and the liberalization path has stochastic dominance over the Baseline-As-Usual. These results are very robust to our …
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Maquiladoras and Informality: A Mixed Blessing
Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario; Riaño, Alejandro - CESifo - 2011
Mexico experienced a tremendous expansion of its export-processing maquila sector during the 1990s. At the same time, a large proportion of its labor force remains employed in the informal sector. Since one of the main objectives of the maquiladora program was to increase formal employment, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391722
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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States
Grundke, Robert; Moser, Christoph - CESifo - 2014
Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103394
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Renminbising China's Foreign Assets
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Ma, Guonan; McCauley, Robert N. - CESifo - 2010
Since the 2008 global financial crisis, China has rolled out a number of initiatives to actively promote the international role of the renminbi and to denominate more of its international claims away from the US dollar and into the renminbi. This paper discusses the factors shaping the prospects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583735
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Trends and Patterns of Growth, Development, Achievements of China and India : A Comparative Analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2016
Even before the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis and ongoing European debt crisis, much attention has been given to the re-emergence of the Asian giants, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and India. Both countries have attained unprecedented growth and economic development — PRC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995197
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Hidden Protectionism? Evidence from Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade in the United States
Grundke, Robert - 2015
Are product standards protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2012. We find that import refusals significantly decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030319
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Intermediate Goods Trade, Technology Choice and Productivity
Peng, Shin Kun - 2016
margins. We show that either domestic or foreign trade liberalization reduces the range of exports and the range of domestic … intermediate goods production. Either type of trade liberalization reduces intermediate producer markups and increases final good …, domestic trade liberalization results in lower aggregate and average technology for domestic intermediate good producers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001169