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The Role of Distance in Determining International Transport Costs: Evidence from Philippine Import Data
Kuwamori, Hiroshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
This paper presents an empirical investigation of the appropriateness of distance as a determinant of international … transport costs by using Philippine import data. This study addresses three specific questions. First, does distance really … matter in the determination of transport costs? Second, if distance is a significant factor, what is the magnitude of its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227592
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Myanmar's non-resource export potential after the lifting of economic sanctions : a gravity model analysis
Kubo, Koji - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
Easing of economic sanctions by Western countries in 2012 augmented the prospect that Myanmar will expand its exports. On the other hand, a sharp rise in natural resource exports during the sanctions brings in a concern about the "Dutch disease". This study projects Myanmar's export potential by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134410
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The effect of EU environmental regulation on international trade : restriction of hazardous substance as a trade barrier
Honda, Keiichiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
In 2003 the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) was established in the EU, which limited the trade of machinery, electrical and electronic equipment that have at least one of the substances considered hazardous under RoHS directive. Since countries trading with the EU must comply with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547636
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Transport costs, distance, and time : evidence from the Japanese Census of Logistics
Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010
Geographic distance is a standard proxy for transport costs under the simple assumption that freight fees increase … monotonically over space. Using the Japanese Census of Logistics, this paper examines the extent to which transport distance and … heterogeneity in transport costs and time across shipping modes. Consistent with an iceberg formulation of transport costs, distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564651
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Do export promotion agencies increase exports?
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Lee, Hyun-Hoon; Park, Donghyun - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
In this paper, we examine the role of export promotion agencies (EPAs) in promoting exports from Japan and Korea. Looking at two home countries enables us to tackle endogeneity issues by controlling for both country-pair time-invariant characteristics and importing country time-varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365995
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Border Industry in Myanmar: Turning the Periphery into the Center of Growth
Kudo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
The Myanmar economy has not been deeply integrated into East Asia’s production and distribution networks, despite its location advantages and notably abundant, reasonably well-educated, cheap labor force. Underdeveloped infrastructure, logistics in particular, and an unfavorable business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534126
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Rules of Origin and Local Content in East Asia
Kuroiwa, Ikuo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
Rules of Origin (RoO) are an integral part of all trade rules. In order to be eligible for Common Effective Preferential Tariffs (CEPT) under AFTA and similar arrangements under the ASEAN-China FTA, a product must satisfy the conditions relative to local content. The paper tries to calculate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534130
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Myanmar's Economic Relations with China: Can China Support the Myanmar Economy?
Kudo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
Against the background of closer diplomatic, political and security ties between Myanmar and China since 1988, their economic relations have also grown stronger throughout the 1990s and up to 2005. China is now a major supplier of consumer and capital goods to Myanmar, in particular through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534132
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Comparing the Networks of Ethnic Japanese and Ethnic Chinese in International Trade
Kumagai, Satoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
In this paper I re-examined the trade enhancing effects of ethnic Chinese networks, found by Rauch and Trindade (2002), on a newer and extended data set. The effects are estimated by the gravity equation with the product of the population ratio (or absolute number) of the ethnic Chinese in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534140
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On the Evolution of the Spatial Economy with Multi-unit/Multi-plant Firms: The Impact of IT Development
Fujita, Masahisa; Gokan, Toshitaka - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004
This paper examines how the decline of communication costs between management and production facilities within firms and the decrease in trade costs of manufactured goods affect the spatial organization of a two-region economy with multi-unit/multi-plant firms. The development of information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534141