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The data chase : what's out there on trade costs and non-tariff barriers?
Bagai, Shweta; Wilson, John S. - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003319365
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International trade and corporate market power
Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus; Yang, Yuanchen - 2020
This paper examines the effect of international trade on corporate market power in emerging market economies and developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis is based on a large firm-level dataset, tariff data by sector and agreggate indicators of international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012299347
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Export competitiveness : fuel price nexus in developing countries : real or false concern?
Kpodar, Kangni; Fabrizio, Stefania; Eklou, Kodjovi - 2019
This paper investigates the impact of domestic fuel price increases on export growth in a sample of 77 developing countries over the period 2000-2014. Using a fixed-effect estimator and the local projection approach, we find that an increase in domestic gasoline or diesel price adversely affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001601
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Assessing Competitiveness and Real Exchange Rate Misalignment in Low-Income Countries
Lewis, Mark - 2007
Assessing a country''s competitiveness routinely starts with an analysis of the real exchange rate. However, in low-income countries, empirical analysis of the real exchange rate is often subject to important limitations that seriously weaken the results. This paper summarizes the methodologies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399528
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What Undermines Aid's Impacton Growth?
Subramanian, Arvind - 2005
We examine one of the most important and intriguing puzzles in economics: why it is so hard to find a robust effect of aid on the long-term growth of poor countries, even those with good policies. We look for a possible offset to the beneficial effects of aid, using a methodology that exploits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400208
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China'S Integration Into the World Economy : Implications for Developing Countries
Yang, Yongzheng - 2003
Although the rest of the world had waited a long time for China to open up, feelings were mixed when it actually did … and began to integrate rapidly with the world economy. With the country’s recent accession to the World Trade Organization … (WTO), many of its trading partners are increasingly concerned that China’s competition in the world goods and capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403900
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The Impact of Capital and Foreign Exchange Flowson the Competitiveness of Developing Countries
Kamar, Bassem - 2010
Attracting capital and foreign exchange flows is crucial for developing countries. Yet, these flows could lead to real exchange rate appreciation and may thus have detrimental effects on competitiveness, jeopardizing exports and growth. This paper investigates this dilemma by comparing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403232
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Towards a System of Multilateral Unit Labor Cost-Based Competitiveness Indicators for Advanced, Developing, and Transition Countries
Turner, Anthony G. - 1997
This paper attempts to extend the range of countries covered by the IMF’s multilateral real exchange rate indexes based on relative unit labor costs (REER-ULCs) in manufacturing. A data set was assembled that permits calculation of REER-ULCs for 23 newly industrialized, developing, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403305
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Are institutional investors an important source of portfolio investment in emerging markets?
Chuhan, Punam - 1994
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