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The effects of the Chinese imports on Brazilian manufacturing workers

Paz, Lourenço Senne; Kapri, Kul Prasad - In: Economies 7 (2019) 3, pp. 1-22

This study examines the impacts of imports from China and from the Rest of the World (ROW) on the wages of Brazilian … find that imports from China and from the ROW had different effects on manufacturing skilled and unskilled workers' wages …

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Contextualizing narratives of economic growth and navigating problematic data: Economic trends in Ethiopia (1999-2017)

Cochrane, Logan; Bekele, Yeshtila W. - In: Economies 6 (2018) 4, pp. 1-16

There are common narratives about economic growth in Ethiopia. We analyze four common narratives, namely, that (1) the economy is transforming from agriculture to industry, (2) that national economic growth has been rapid and sustained, (3) that Ethiopia's economy is largely agricultural, and...

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Fairtrade and market efficiency: Fairtrade-labeled coffee in the Swedish coffee market

Durevall, Dick - In: Economies 8 (2020) 2, pp. 1-17

Fairtrade labeling has the potential to increase market efficiency by connecting farmers to altruistic consumers who are willing to pay a premium for sustainability-certified products. A requirement for increased efficiency, though, is that the farmers' benefits are larger than the Fairtrade...

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Japan's productivity and GDP growth: The role of private, public and foreign R&D 1967-2017

Ziesemer, Thomas - In: Economies 8 (2020) 4, pp. 1-25

foreign private and public research and development (R&D) in vector-error-correction models (VECMs) for Japan with data from …

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The redistribution of trade gains when income inequality matters

De Pinto, Marco - In: Economies 3 (2015) 4, pp. 186-215

How does a redistribution of trade gains affect welfare when income inequality matters? To answer this question, we …

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The relevance of political stability on FDI: A VAR analysis and ARDL models for selected small, developed, and instability threatened economies

Kurecic, Petar; Kokotovic, Filip - In: Economies 5 (2017) 3, pp. 1-14

This paper studies the relevance of political stability on foreign direct investment (FDI) and the relevance of FDI on economic growth, in three panels. The first panel contains 11 very small economies; the second contains five well-developed and politically stable economies with highly positive...

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Regime type, issue type and economic sanctions: The role of domestic players

Onder, Mehmet - In: Economies 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-18

This analysis highlights the significant role that domestic actors play in determining the outcomes of economic sanctions. It models the behavior of the main opposition party during an economic sanction episode, and introduces two commonly used variables when considering the effectiveness of...

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Effect of the complexity of the customs tax system on the tax effort

González Aguirre, Jazmín; del Villar, Alberto - In: Economies 10 (2022) 3, pp. 1-17

This paper empirically analyses the effects of the tax complexity and other elements, such as natural resource revenues, public expenditure, and the capacity of the statistical system, on the efficiency of Ecuadorian Customs Administration. For this purpose, the methodology used consists of...

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Democracy and inter-regional trade enhancement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Gravity model

Durmaz, Nazif; Kagochi, John - In: Economies 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-17

There has been considerable research on the effect of democracy on trade openness since the 1980s when development … that democracy has substantial impact on openness to trade and SSA democratic countries will trade more with other … strategies toward free trade and democracy were rapidly adopted in developing countries. Most studies have focused on Asian …

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On the relationship between economic integration, business environment and real convergence: The experience of the CEE countries

Głodowska, Agnieszka - In: Economies 7 (2019) 2, pp. 1-19

elaborate development and business processes in emerging countries like CEE. Thus, the article tries to fulfill this research … makers to create an appropriate development policy and a conducive business environment. …

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