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A Re-examination of the Relation between Democracy and International Trade The Case of Africa
Balding, Christopher - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
increased international trade. This study tests two theories as to why democracies might trade more. First, political freedom … trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I … utilize a bilateral gravity trade model covering approximately 150 countries from 1950 to 1999, with fixed effects for time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366430
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Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First Century
Weiss, John - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011
Industrial policy has attracted considerable controversy in the development context. This paper makes a case for a pragmatic and limited approach to interventions as a means of stimulating industrialization in the context of current and future challenges facing newly industrializing economies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366432
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Trade with China and India and Manufacturing Labour Demand in Argentina
Castro, Lucio; Saslavsky, Daniel - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper attempts to answer this question by estimating the effects of trade … estimate the effects of trade with China and India on the level of employment in Argentina?s manufacturing sector. Results … suggest that trade with China and India only had a small negative effect on industrial employment, even during the swift trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001238
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Rising Spatial Disparities and Development
Kanbur, Ravi; Venables, Anthony J. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005
such disparities are increasing, partly as a consequence of the uneven impact of trade openness and globalization. While …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031790
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Economic Efficiency and Growth: Evidence from Brazil, China, and India
Nazmi, Nader; Revilla, Julio E. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008
We compare economic efficiencies in Brazil, India, and China, where economic efficiency measures the gap between potential and actual output for a given input combination and technological factor. We use stochastic production frontier models to measure the contributions of factors of production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031874
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EU Aid: What Works and Why
Nielson, Poul - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012
bureaucratic there is also the complexity of a close neighbourship with the EU.s foreign policy in general, trade and the eternal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010570503
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The Global Impact of the Southern Engines of Growth: China, India, Brazil and South Africa
template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0; SANTOSPAULINO, AMELIA U.; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010
ofthe world. The issues considered include changing patterns in trade, capital flows,and commodity prices. Both positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670281
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Threshold and interaction effects in the trade, growth, and inequality relationship
Leyaro, Vincent - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2015
This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165764