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Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic; Trade Integration and Economic Performance
Cas, Stephanie Medina; Swiston, Andrew; Barrot, Luis-Diego - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
This paper studies the potential for the export sector to play a more important role in promoting growth in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional and global trade integration. CAPDR countries have enacted many free trade agreements and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242361
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Leadership Contestability, Monopolistic Rents and Growth
Piazza, Roberto - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
I construct an endogenous growth model where R&D is carried out at the industry level in a game of innovation between … leaders and followers. Innovation costs for followers are assumed to increase with the technological lag from leaders. We … innovate in equilibrium, in an attempt to force followers out of the innovation game. Second, policies (such as patents) that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876600
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Economic Integration, Business Cycle, and Productivity in North America
Kose, M. Ayhan; Cardarelli, Roberto - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper examines the effect of the major Canada-U.S. trade agreements on the dynamics of business cycles and productivity in Canada. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its predecessor, the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), have led to a substantial expansion of trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769318
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How Has Nafta Affected the Mexican Economy? Review and Evidence
Kose, M. Ayhan; Towe, Christopher M.; Meredith, Guy - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of NAFTA on growth and business cycles in Mexico. The effect of the agreement in spurring a dramatic increase in trade and financial flows between Mexico and its NAFTA partners, and its impact on Mexican economic growth and business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599680
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Technological Adaptation, Trade, and Growth
Chong, Alberto; Zanforlin, L. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper extends Grossman and Helpman’s seminal work (1991), and presents an endogenous growth model where innovations created in a high-tech sector may be assimilated or adapted by a low-tech sector. Applying a simple Heckscher-Ohlin framework, the effects of technological diffusion are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599706
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Does Trade and Technology Transmission Facilitate Inequality Convergence? An inquiry Into the Role of Technology in Reducing the Poverty of Nations
Das, Gouranga Gopal - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Based on stylized evidence showing variation of the Gini coefficient of income inequality across skill cohorts and on the rapid rise in trade in technology-intensive goods, the ripple effects of technology transmission and income inequality are explored in a global Computable General Equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264015
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What Would a Development-Friendly WTO Architecture Really Look Like?
Subramanian, Arvind; Mattoo, Aaditya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper elaborates on a number of key principles that need to underpin a coherent and development-friendly architecture for the WTO. The key principles include enlarging the scope of WTO bargaining to include labor flows as well as capital flows; creating a structure that would provide a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826269
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Trade Integration in the East African Community; An Assessment for Kenya
McIntyre, Meredith A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
The paper analyses the potential trade impact of the forthcoming East African Community (EAC) customs union. It examines the trade linkages among the member countries of the EAC and the extent to which the introduction of the EAC common external tariff will liberalize their trade regimes. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826317
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Counterfeit Goods and Income Inequality
Scandizzo, Stefania - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
and innovation is quality enhancing. Counterfeit goods are defined as products with the same characteristics as “originals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826398
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The United States and the New Regionalism/ Bilateralism
Yang, Yongzheng; Hilaire, Alvin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Current U.S. trade policy stresses establishing free trade areas (FTAs) with partners spanning the globe. Motivations include enhancing goods and services trade; stimulating investment flows; extending standards on intellectual property rights, labor, and the environment; and addressing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768757