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Trade obstacles, inventory level of inputs, and internationalization of enterprise activities : a comparison between Southeast Asia and Latin America
Ueki, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
This paper investigates the impact of trade barriers such as customs clearance, subjective trade obstacles (customs and trade regulations), and inventory of inputs on the internationalization of enterprises in Southeast Asia and Latin America, using the World Bank's enterprise surveys. Empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010890188
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On the variety of Mexico's export goods
Ito, Tadashi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper examines the evolution of the variety of Mexico’s export goods using disaggregated trade data. Both the econometric estimation analyses using the raw data and the one using an improved version of Feenstra and Kee's (2004, 2007) methodology proposed in this paper show that NAFTA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213711
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Product quality and intra-industry trade
Ito, Tadashi; Okubo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
In this study, we argue that the conventional intra-industry trade (IIT) index does not address the quality issue directly and propose a methodology to make full use of unit-price gap information to deduce quality differences between simultaneously exported and imported products. By applying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213714
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The source of sustainable growth in Costa Rica
Nabeshima, Kaoru; Ito, Tadashi; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Costa Rica has some concerns for the "middle income trap" stemming from her perceived weakening export competitiveness, intensifying competition in attracting FDI inflow; and apparent lack of innovation capabilities. Quantitative analyses on the impact of recent FTAs suggest only large firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213717
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Food safety control system of Chinese eel exports and its challenges
Mori, Romio; Nabeshima, Kaoru; Yamada, Nanae - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
This paper analyzes factors associated with the rejection of products at ports of importer countries and remedial actions taken by producers in China. As an example, it uses one of the most competitive agro-food products of China: live and processed eels. This paper provides an overview of eel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668197
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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
' exports of innovation-active commodities than those commodities for which technology involved is already mature. The world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744758
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FTA utilization : certificate of origin data versus customs data
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Kim, HanSung; Nuttawut, Laksanapanyakul - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
regard to customs data and certificates of origin (CoOs) data. We focus on Thai exports to Korea under the ASEAN-Korea FTA in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743124
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East Asia's Economic Development cum Trade "Divergence"
Ishido, Hikari - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004
This paper addresses some salient features of how some of "successful" East Asian economies have been faring in terms of enhancing their export competitiveness. That export becomes more divergent in terms of its unit price as more technology-enhancing economic activity is undertaken within an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222495
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The Choice of Transport Mode: Evidence from Japanese Exports to East Asia
Hayakawa, Kazunobu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
about Japanese machinery exports by mode of transport in the 1990s are examined first. Then it will be shown that products …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222501
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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 … model that takes into account the effects of natural resource exports on non-resource exports. Without taking into account …
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