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Constraints on Trade in the MENA region
Wolde, Hirut; Bhattacharya, Rina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
, particularly on exports. We then go on to 'augment' the standard gravity model with relevant variables from the World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519501
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The Pacific Speed of Growth; How Fast Can It Be and What Determines It?
Yang, Yongzheng; Chen, Hong; Singh, Shiu raj; Singh, Baljeet - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
lower investment and exports compared with other small island states, but greater political stability, catch-up effects from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242206
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Do Trading Partners Still Matter for Nigeria's Growth? A Contribution to the Debateon Decoupling and Spillovers
Obiora, Kingsley I. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
Should policymakers still be concerned about economic growth in trading partners? Have developing and emerging market countries decoupled from the US enough to grow despite significant recession in the US? Using VAR models, this paper addresses these questions for Nigeria in the context of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559275
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What is Really Good for Long-Term Growth? Lessons from a Binary ClassificationTree (BCT) Approach
Duttagupta, Rupa; Mlachila, Montfort - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Although the economic growth literature has come a long way since the Solow-Swan model of the fifties, there is still considerable debate on the "real' or "deep" determinants of growth. This paper revisits the question of what is really important for strong long-term growth by using a Binary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769275
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Trade Openness and Growth; Pursuing Empirical Glasnost
Billmeier, Andreas; Nannicini, Tommaso - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Studies of the impact of trade openness on growth are based either on cross-country analysis-which lacks transparency-or case studies-which lack statistical rigor. We apply transparent econometric methods drawn from the treatment evaluation literature to make the comparison between treated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605412
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How Do Banking Crises Affect Bilateral Exports?
Kiendrebeogo, Youssouf - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper investigates whether banking crises are associated with declines in bilateral exports. We first develop a … simple open economy model in which banking crises translate into negative liquidity shocks, leading to collapses in exports … countries over the period 1988-2010. The results suggest that crisis-hit countries experience lower levels of bilateral exports …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790269
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Export Performance in Europe; What Do We Know from Supply Links?
Rahman, Jesmin; Zhao, Tianli - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
understanding of European exports: where exports values are created, the role of vertical supply links in export growth, what is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242362
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Trade Policy with Heterogeneous Traders; Do Quotas Get a Bum Rap?
Krishna, Kala; Tan, Ling Hui - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper considers the effects of trade policy-tariffs and quotas-when importing is done by competitive traders who are identical ex ante but differ ex post. We show that the standard equivalence results no longer hold and the conventional ranking of tariffs and quotas is turned on its head:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248181
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Unionization and Strategic Trade Policy
Swagel, Phillip; Tan, Ling Hui - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper examines the effect of unionization on welfare and trade policy in a model of duopolists competing in a third market. It shows that the traditional result that the presence of a union necessitates a stronger strategic trade policy to reach the optimal level of welfare depends on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248209
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Trade in the Mashreq; An Empirical Examination
Blavy, Rodolphe - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper provides a framework for understanding trade patterns in the Mashreq. An augmented gravity model is used to compare actual with expected levels of trade. Trade barriers, political uncertainty, and over-appreciation of domestic currencies seem to explain low levels of international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263698