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European Trade and Foreign Direct Investment U-Shaping Industrial Output in Central and Eastern Europe : Theory and Evidence

Walsh, Patrick P. - 1998

We examine industrial output in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania during 1989–95 in terms of pretransitional product trade orientation. The growth of EU-oriented output within sectors of industry, ex-post trade, and market liberalization, is modeled as foreign direct investment induced...

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Integration of Eastern Europe Into the World Trading System

Junz, Helen B. - 1991

The sheer size of mandated trade among members of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), and its composition and quality, means that its reorientation toward other markets entails a whole complex of structural adjustment policies. To be successful, policy reform must be...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396289

Chile : Trade Performance,Trade Liberalization, and Competitiveness

Monfort, Brieuc - 2008

This paper analyses the evolution of Chile''s trade between 1990 and 2007, studying in particular the impact of trade liberalization in addition to traditional price and demand determinants. The results show that export and import flows are mainly responsive to external and domestic demand, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401392

Adjusting to New Realities : MENA the Uruguay Round, and the Eu-Mediterranean Initiative

Fennell, Susan - 1997

This paper addresses concerns that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with the exception of the GCC economies, has lagged behind in trade liberalization. This delay has adversely affected production efficiency and consumer welfare and could reduce the region’s ability to attract...

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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...

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Trade, jobs, and inequality

Beaton, Kimberly; Cerra, Valerie; Hadzi-Vaskov, Metodij - 2021

This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the conditions and policies that help spread the gains from trade more evenly throughout the population. We exploit a large global firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import...

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In Search of WTO Trade Effects : Preferential Trade Agreements Promote Trade Strongly, But Unevenly

Eicher, Theo S. - 2009

The literature measuring the impact of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTA) and WTO membership on trade flows has produced remarkably diverse results. Rose''s (2004) seminal paper reports a range of specifications that show no WTO effects, but Subramanian and Wei (2007) contend that he does not...

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Another piece of the puzzle : adding SWIFT data on documentary collections to the short-term forecast of world trade

Ghazaryan, Narek; Goumilevski, Alexei; Mongardini, Joannes - 2021

This paper extends earlier research by adding SWIFT data on documentary collections to the short-term forecast of international trade. While SWIFT documentary collections accounted for just over one percent of world trade financing in 2020, they have strong explanatory power to forecast world...

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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...

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Intra-regional spillovers in South America : is Brazil systemic after all?

Adler, Gustavo; Sosa, Sebastián - 2012

Shocks stemming from Brazil - the large neighbor in South America - have historically been a source of concern for … policy-makers in other countries of the region. This paper studies the importance of Brazil's influence on its neighboring … setting. While trade linkages with Brazil are significant for the Southern Cone countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay …

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