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A tale of parallel integration processes : a gravity analysis of EU trade with Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European countries
Ferragina, Anna (contributor);  … - 2005
Despite the EU emphasis on the 1995 Barcelona process, trade integration with the Mediterranean (MED) countries is still underdeveloped. To contrast the success of EU integration with MED countries and that with the new EU members, we compute the trade potential of these EU partners from 1995 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003275037
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Hit by the silk road : how wage coordination in Europe mitigates the China shock
Barth, Erling; Finseraas, Henning; Kjelsrud, Anders; … - 2020
Coordination in collective wage setting can constrain potential monopoly gains to unions in non-traded-goods industries. Countries with national wage coordination can thus stabilize overall employment against fluctuations and shocks in the world economy. We test this theory by exploring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221759
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The effect on foreign direct investment of membership in the European Union
Bruno, Randolph; Campos, Nauro; Estrin, Saul - 2020
This paper explores the impact of EU membership on foreign direct investment (FDI). It analyses empirically how the effects of such deep integration differ from other forms and investigates what drives these effects. Using a structural gravity framework on annual bilateral FDI data for almost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012288695
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Preferential market access into the Chinese market : how good is it for Africa?
Co, Catherine Yap; Dimova, Ralitza - 2014
In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential market access program for the least developed sub-Saharan...
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Trade liberalization, economic activity, and political violence in the Global South : evidence from PTAs
Amodio, Francesco; Baccini, Leonardo; Chiovelli, Giorgio; … - 2023
This paper investigates the impact of agricultural trade liberalization on economic activity and political violence in emerging countries. We use data on all Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) signed between 25 low- and middle-income countries and their high-income trade partners between 1995...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014246721
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On trade policy preference and offshoring ties
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2022
This paper unpacks the role of the domestic content of imports as a novel source of policy interdependence along the global supply chain. We show how a rise in local contents embodied in imports can skew national trade policy preferences, and pull upstream and downstream countries in asymmetric...
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Would a Euro's depreciation improve the French economy?
Magnani, Riccardo; Piccoli, Luca; Carré, Martine; … - 2017
In this paper, we use a Micro-Macro model to evaluate the effects of a euro's depreciation on the French economy, both at the macro and micro level. Our Micro-Macro model consists of a Microsimulation model that includes an arithmetical model for the French fiscal system and two behavioral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738884
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Out of sight, out of mind : migration, entrepreneurship and social capital
Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - 2009
back home. We test the predictions of the model using data from Egypt. We find that, even after controlling for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909683
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Is there an informal employment wage penalty in Egypt?
Tansel, Aysıt; Keskin, Halil Ibrahim; Ozdemir, Zeynel … - 2015
This paper considers the private sector wage earners in Egypt and examine their wage distribution during 1998 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346622
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Education, social mobility and religious movements : a theory of the Islamic revival in Egypt
Binzel, Christine - 2013
This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim … societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt … ; education ; social mobility ; inequality ; social movements ; Egypt …
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