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Estimating the effect of chemical safety standards on firm performance in Malaysia and Vietnam

Otsuki, Tsunehiro; Michida, Etsuyo; Nabeshima, Kaoru; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

This paper uses firm-level data to examine the impact of chemical safety regulations imposed by importing countries such as RoHS and REACH on the production costs and export performance of firms in Malaysia and Vietnam. We find that in addition to the initial setup costs for compliance, EU RoHS...

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Behavioral characteristics of applied general equilibrium models with an Armington-Krugman-Melitz encompassing module

Oyamada, Kazuhiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

This paper explore how simulation results change with different choice of trade specification, and the strength of …

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Multiplant strategy under core-periphery structure

Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

A typical implicit assumption on monopolistic competition models for trade and economic geography is that firms can … explicitly consider the firms' trade-off between larger economies of scale under single plant configuration and the saving in …

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Strategic trade policy and non-linear subsidy : in the case of price competition

Yoshino, Hisao - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

In a strategic trade policy, it is assumed, in this paper, that a government changes disbursement or levy method so …

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Is FTA/EPA effective for a developing country to attract FDI? : simulation analysis based on an extended knowledge-capital model

Oyamada, Kazuhiko; Uchida, Yoko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

declines; (2) Because the additional implementation of cost-saving policies to reduce firm-type/trade-link specific fixed costs …

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Parameterization of applied general equilibrium models with flexible trade specifications based on the Armington, Krugman, and Melitz models

Oyamada, Kazuhiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

demonstrates that only two kinds of additional information are required in order to extend a standard trade model to include Melitz …

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Did the least developed countries benefit from duty-free quota-free access to the Japanese market?

Ito, Tadashi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

is a relatively small obstacle: Trade is affected more strongly by other factors, such as infrastructure, nontariff …

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Neutrality in the choice of number of firms or level of fixed costs in calibrating an Armington-Krugman-Melitz encompassing module for applied general equilibrium models

Oyamada, Kazuhiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

This paper shows how an Armington-Krugman-Melitz encompassing module based on Dixon and Rimmer (2012) can be calibrated, and clarifies the choice of initial levels for two kinds of number of firms, or parameter values for two kinds of fixed costs, that enter a Melitz-type specification can be...

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Winner-Take-All Contention of Innovation under Globalization: A Simulation Analysis and East Asia's Empirics

Ishido, Hikari; Okamoto, Yusuke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper sets out to examine how innovation enhances export competitiveness: The proposition that export volume becomes enhanced as more productivity-enhancing innovation is captured by the exporting economy is the focus of this study. From a Schumpeterian perspective, innovation can be...

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Globalization and the Evolution of the Supply Chain: who gains and who loses?

Fujita, Masahisa; Thisse, Jacques-Francois - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004

This paper focuses on two distinct facets of globalization: the decrease in the trade costs of goods and the decline of …

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