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Trade in the Mashreq : An Empirical Examination
Blavy, Rodolphe - 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/10014403536
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Trade, Growth, and Poverty : A Selective Survey
Berg, Andrew - 2003
This survey of the recent literature asks: how important is trade policy for poverty reduction? We consider the effects of openness on poverty in two components: the effect of openness on average income growth, and the effect on distribution for a given growth rate. Evidence from a variety of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404018
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Trade Policy and Macroeconomic Balance in the World Economy
International Monetary Fund - 1988
The paper explores the relationship between trade policy and current accounts. The effect on the current account of a change in protection at home and then abroad is analyzed, assuming that the exchange rate floats. The “savings-and-investment approach” is used. It shows that there is no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396105
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Implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya
Chandha, Rupa - 1996
This paper studies the implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya’s own trade regime and its external trading environment. The analysis indicates that Kenya did not undertake significant liberalization commitments under the Uruguay Round. There are however, several effects on Kenya’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396154
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Russia and the WTO : The ""Gravity"" of Outsider Status
Lissovolik, Yaroslav - 2004
With China''s accession to the WTO in 2001, Russia is by far that organization''s most prominent nonmember. This paper … applies the gravity model to gauge whether this ""outsider"" status has been affecting Russia''s export structure. On the … the model''s predictions. The paper discusses possible explanations of this result, including Russia''s exclusion from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404162
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Recent Trade Policies and An Approach to Further Reform in the Baltics, Russia, and Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union
Leidy, Michael P. - 1996
This paper reviews the extent to which the Fund’s trade policy advice to the Baltic countries, Russia and other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396086
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Trade linkages and international business cycle comovement : evidence from Korean industry data
Lee, Dongyeol - 2019
Through the 2000s, Korea's export and import linkages to advanced and emerging markets increased significantly. At the same time, the correlation of output growth between Korea and these economies rose. This paper investigates the nature of the link between trade linkages and the comovement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022016
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The Pattern of International Trade Between Japan and the Pacific Basin Countries : A Comparison Between 1975 and 1985
Shirai, Sayuri - 1995
Using the international input-output tables between Japan and five Pacific Basin countries (Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand) for the years 1975 and 1985, the paper examines the trade structure in 1975 and how it had shifted by 1985. It shows that intra-industry trade in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398712
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The Missing Globalization Puzzle
Bhavnani, Rikhil - 2002
The failure of declining trade-related costs to be reflected in estimates of the standard gravity model of bilateral trade might be called the ""missing globalization puzzle."" This puzzle is most apparent in the estimated distance coefficients found in the literature, which show no evidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401460
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Emergence of the Gulf of Guinea in the Global Economy : Prospects and Challenges
Ondo Mañe, Damian - 2005
The Gulf of Guinea''s tremendous potential is creating investment opportunities for the region. Some of its resources, such as oil, minerals, and forests, continue to attract significant investments whereas others, like natural gas, could be exploited to their full potential if necessary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402062