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A tale of (almost) 1001 coefficients : deep and heterogeneous effects of the EU-Turkey Customs Union
Larch, Mario; Schmeißer, Aiko F.; Wanner, Joschka - 2019
In view of the deferred start of negotiations for the modernization of the Customs Union between the EU and Turkey (CU … additional increase in EU-Turkey manufacturing trade by 55-65% compared to the previously active Ankara Agreement. We also … provide evidence that the CU-EUT significantly increased Turkey’s trade with third countries. Additionally, a substantial …
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Global value chains, trade shocks and jobs : an application to Brexit
Vandenbussche, Hylke; Connell, William; Simons, Wouter - 2019
We develop a network trade model with country-sector level input-output linkages. It includes (1) domestic and global value chain linkages between all country-sectors, (2) direct as well as indirect shipments (via other sectors and countries) to a final destination, (3) value added rather than...
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Going deep : the trade and welfare effects of TTIP
Aichele, Rahel; Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Heiland, Inga - 2014
Since July 2013, the EU and the US have been negotiating a preferential trade agreement (PTA), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). We use a multi-country, multi-industry Ricardian trade model with national and international input-output linkages to quantify its potential...
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Consequences of FTA withdrawal : evidence from "Uxit"
Gnutzmann, Hinnerk; Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan, Arevik; Korn, … - 2021
We use a unique case study to estimate the effect of withdrawing from a free trade agreement on international trade. Lately, the political opposition to international economic cooperation has been on the rise, but little is known about how the withdrawal from a trade agreement affects trade. We...
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The distributional impact of labour market reforms : a model-based assessment
Röger, Werner; Varga, Janos; Veld, Jan in 't; Vogel, Lukas - 2019 - This version: 16 October 2019
This paper studies the effects of labour market reforms on the functional distribution of income in a DSGE model (Roeger et al., 2008) with skill differentiation, in which households supply three types of labour: low-, medium- and high-skilled. The households receive income from labour, tangible...
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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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Turkish delight for some, cold Turkey for others? : The effects of the EU-Turkey Customs Union
Adam, Antonis (contributor); Moutos, Thomas (contributor) - 2005
Following Turkey's application for EU membership in 1987, a Customs Union (CU) between Turkey and the EU, mainly … agricultural sector, Turkey also specializes in the production and exportation of relatively low-price, low-quality varieties of … asymmetric changes in the trade volumes of the incumbent countries of the EU as a result of the EU-Turkey CU. By examining …
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Reforming social welfare in Germany : an applied general equilibrium analysis
Boeters, Stefan; Gürtzgen, Nicole; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2003
This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on microsimulation methods we use a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a discrete choice model of labour supply to simulate a variety of reform scenarios. The...
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C&C - contraction and convergence of carbon emissions : the economic implications of permit trading
Böhringer, Christoph; Welsch, Heinz - 1999
In the context of climate protection policy it has been suggested that global CO2 emissions should be reduced significantly (contraction) and that per capita emissions should gradually be equalized across countries (convergence). This paper uses a dynamic multi-region computable general...
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Contraction of global carbon emissions : how acceptable are alternative emission entitlement schemes
Böhringer, Christoph; Welsch, Heinz - 2001
The allocation of emissions entitlements across countries is the single most controversial issue in international climate policy. Extreme positions within the policy debate range from entitlement based on current emission patterns (CEP) to equal-per-capita (EPC) allocations.Convergence (COV)...
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