Showing 1 - 10 of 1,037
the data. Exploring the determinants of Canada's tariff cuts at the 8 digit HS product level, we find that CUSFTA acted as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665362
equations approaches to address the likely endogeneity of export-oriented foreign investment, we find that each $1 billion in U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570705
Does "infant industry" preferential access durably boost export performance? This paper exploits significant trade …-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) in 2005 is used to assess whether apparel export expansions survived the erosion of preferences. To find a … East Africa the recent export growth was driven by new entrants rather than incumbent firms whose competitiveness might …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012024617
Previous assessments of nominal exchange rate determination have focused upon a narrow set of models typically of the 1970 s vintage, including monetary and portfolio balance models. In this paper we re-assess the in-sample fit and out-of-sample prediction of a wider set of models that have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507659
countries ranging from rich (Canada, U.S.) to poor (India, Indonesia). We develop a measure of human capital that accounts for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645910
paper examines the impact of Japan's trade preferences on its multi-lateral tariff reductions. Using detailed product level … data, we find that Japan's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) acted as a stumbling block for the country's external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010347341
Engel and Rogers (1996) find that crossing the US-Canada border can considerably raise relative price volatility and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003300940
We examine the quantitative predictions of heterogeneous firm models à la Melitz (2003) in the context of the Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009773860
viewpoint of the foreign country. Calibrating the model to match industry-level data in the U.S. and Canada, we show that at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011481156
,rather than exchange rate regimes and questions of policy credibility and political accountability are crucial. Canada's recent … performance are assessed. The most economically attractive among alternative monetary orders, the adoption by Canada of the US … politically attainable. Intermediate arrangements are unattractive and clearly inferior to Canada's current monetary order. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541166