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Trade in developing East Asia : how it has changed and why it matters

Constantinescu, Cristina; Mattoo, Aaditya; Ruta, Michele - 2018

East Asia, for long the epitome of successful engagement in trade, faces serious challenges: technological change that may threaten the very model of labor intensive industrialization and a backlash against globalization that may reduce access to important markets. A detailed analysis of the...

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Institutions for Regulatory Governance

World Bank (contributor); … - International Finance Corporation - 2010

This paper looks at the role and design of regulatory reform institutions in developing countries. These institutions … and by promoting the regulatory reform agenda; and 4) Ad hoc institutions for regulatory reform, established to launch …: section one briefly reviews the theoretical debate and literature about the role of institutions in facilitating higher …

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Food prices and the multiplier effect of export policy

Giordani, Paolo E.; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2012

This paper studies the relationship between export policy and food prices. We show that, when individuals are loss averse, food exporters may use trade policy to shield the domestic economy from large price shocks. This creates a complementarity between the price of food in international markets...

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A commitment theory of subsidy agreements

Brou, Daniel; Ruta, Michele - 2012

This paper examines the rationale for the rules on domestic subsidies in international trade agreements through a framework that emphasizes commitment. We build a model where the policy-maker has a tariff and a production subsidy at its disposal, taxation can be distortionary and the...

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International trade in natural resources : practice and policy

Ruta, Michele; Venables, Anthony - 2012

Natural resources account for 20% of world trade, and dominate the exports of many countries. Policy is used to manipulate both international and domestic prices of resources, yet this policy is largely outside the disciplines of the WTO. The instruments used include export taxes, price...

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The economic impact of deepening trade agreements

Fontagné, Lionel; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele; … - 2022

This paper explores the economic impacts of preferential trade agreements, conditional on their level of ambition. We cluster 278 agreements, encompassing 910 provisions over 18 policy areas and estimate the trade elasticity for the different clusters. We then use these elasticities in a series...

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Introduction: the economics of deep trade agreements

Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - In: The economics of deep trade agreements, (pp. 1-9). 2021

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Using machine learning to assess the impact of deep trade agreements

Breinlich, Holger; Corradi, Valentina; Rocha, Nadia; … - In: The economics of deep trade agreements, (pp. 25-34). 2021

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Trade barriers in government procurement

Mulabdic, Alen; Rotunno, Lorenzo - In: The economics of deep trade agreements, (pp. 99-106). 2021

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Trade agreements with environmental provisions mitigate deforestation

Abman, Ryan; Lundberg, Clark; Ruta, Michele - In: The economics of deep trade agreements, (pp. 131-136). 2021

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