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We review theoretical and empirical work on the economic effects of the United States and China trade relations during … economic effects on different outcomes. We then focus on the recent U.S.-China trade war. We discuss methods used to evaluate … its effects, describe its economic effects, and analyze if this increase in trade protectionism reverted the effects of …
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This paper discusses social protection initiatives in the context of developing countries and explores the opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women's empowerment. The paper begins with a brief introduction on the emergence of social protection (SP) and how it...
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This paper aims to identify the bilateral trade possibilities and non-tariff barriers between India and Pakistan. The … study shows that there is a large untapped trade potential between the two countries. Using the potential trade approach …, the study finds that the export potential from India to Pakistan is to the tune of US$ 9.5 billion while that from …
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, historic policymaking divides between trade in manufactures and services, between export and import interests, and among modes … related to these concerns and aspirations. However, servicification and particularly its role in trade policy have received …
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technology adoption and trade in a world of two countriesfacing different technology adoption costs. It shows that a reduction in …
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The empirical relationship between trade protection and economic growth is surprisinglyfragile, as shown in a number of … between trade barriers and growth is contingent on measures ofcomparative advantage. The findings suggest that these …
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We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure …, institutional quality, colonial and geographic context, and trade preferences on the pattern of bilateral trade. We are interested … in threshold effects, and so emphasize those cases where bilateral country pairs do not actually trade. We depart from …
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local institutional knowledge. We posit that a portion of the fixed costs of entering a specific export market can be used … toward costs of acquiring imports from that same market, and vice versa. Using dis-aggregated transactions data for Chinese … scope. Using a structural model, we estimate that the simultaneous export and import in a given country reduces export and …
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This paper explores the impact of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on food security by using a gravity … model to examine the regional changes in trade in agricultural products. This is followed by a discussion of how this might …
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de jure trade openness is positively and significantly associated with takeoffs. A one standard deviation increase in de … jure trade openness is associated with a 55% increase in the probability of a takeoff in our default specification. We also … de facto trade openness, as well as a variety of other potential conditioning variables, are found to be poor predictors …
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