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Infrastructure and trade
Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik; Piermartini, Roberta - 2004 - Manuscript date: August 2004
This paper explores the role that quality of infrastructure has on a country's trade performance, estimating a gravity model that incorporates bilateral tariffs and a number of indicators for the quality of infrastructure. The paper looks at the impact of the quality of infrastructure (road,...
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The value of bindings
Bacchetta, Marc; Piermartini, Roberta - 2011 - Manuscript date: 26 September 2011
One of the goals of the multilateral trading system is to enhance the stability and predictability of the environment … in which traders operate.Binding tariffs at the WTO reduces the scope for their discretionary use. But, countries have … at which countries have committed at the WTO is sufficient to diminish trade policy volatility is an empirical question …
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The impact of mode 4 on trade in goods and services
Jansen, Marion; Piermartini, Roberta - 2004 - Manuscript date: November 2004
This paper estimates the impact of liberalization of temporary movements of individual service suppliers on trade in goods and services. In particular, the paper looks at the impact of the so-called forth mode to provide a service on trade in services under the other three modes: cross-border...
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