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Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic : trade integration and economic performance
Medina Cas, Stephanie; Swiston, Andrew; Barrot, Luis-Diego - 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/10009622936
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Financial Integration in Asia : Recent Developments and Next Steps
Cowen, David - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. GLOBALIZATION OF PRODUCTION AND FINANCIAL INTEGRATION IN ASIA -- II. ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS AND … II: ASIA'S INTENTIONS -- APPENDIX II. 4. REGIONAL COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS AND CODES -- APPENDIX II. 5. ASIAN REGIONAL … POLICY FORUMS EMEAP ( Executives Meeting of East Asia and Pacific Central Banks) -- APPENDIX II.6. FSAP AND ROSC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690976
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Are Regional Trade Agreements in Asia Stumbling or Building Blocks? Some Implications for the Mekong-3 Countries
Tumbarello, Patrizia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263990
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Patterns of Shocks and Regional Monetary Cooperation in South Asia
Maskay, Nephil Matangi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
? Data from South Asia suggest that member states have minor trade linkages and face asymmetrical patterns of shocks. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825897
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Safta; Living in a World of Regional Trade Agreements
Rodríguez-Delgado, Jose Daniel - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
The paper evaluates the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) within the global structure of overlapping regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768976
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Preferential Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region
Feridhanusetyawan, Tubagus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the Asia-Pacific region have proliferated rapidly over the past five years and … potential gains from Asia-Pacific PTAs requires a commitment to liberalize sensitive sectors, to maintain consistent provisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599528
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Performance of Western Hemisphere Trading Blocs; A Cost-Corrected Gravity Approach
Croce, Enzo; Juan-Ramon, V. Hugo; Zhu, Feng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
We study the performance of the four Western Hemisphere trading blocs during the period 1978-2001. For the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), trade integration outweighed trade diversion; for MERCOSUR, increased integration and trade diversion went hand in hand; for the Central American...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263690
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Globalization Drives Strategic Product Switching
Badia, Marialuz Moreno; Slootmaekers, Veerle; Beveren, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Using firm-level data for Estonia for the years 1997-2005, we analyze the impact of international competition on firm dynamics, considering both firm closedown and product switching. We contribute to the literature in two important ways: (1) this is the first paper to study the determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263707
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The Impact of Tradeon Wages; What If Countries Are Not Small?
Tokutsu, Ichiro; Saito, Mika - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper explores the effect of trade on the relative wage of less-skilled labor through its effect on world prices, which are typically exogenously given under the small open economy assumption. Using the 1995 international input-output data for APEC member countries, we numerically simulate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263956
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Trade Creation and Diversion Revisited; Accounting for Model Uncertainty and Natural Trading Partner Effects
Papageorgiou, Chris; Henn, Christian; Eicher, Theo S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Trade theories covering Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) are as diverse as the literature in search of their empirical support. To account for the model uncertainty that surrounds the validity of the competing PTA theories, we introduce Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) to the PTA literature....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263980