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Special Agricultural Safeguards : Virtual Benefits and Real Costs-Lessons for the Doha Round
Hallaert, Jean-Jacques - 2005
In the Doha Round, negotiators are discussing the elimination or continuation of the special agricultural safeguards introduced by the Uruguay Round as well as the creation of special safeguard mechanism for use by developing countries. This paper argues that, in violation of the spirit of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400731
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Should Korea worry about a permanently weak yen?
Ree, Joo Kyung; Hong, Gee Hee; Choi, Seoeun - 2015
Three years have passed since the Bank of Japan’s asset purchase program was introduced in 2011, causing a sharp … decline in the value of the Japanese Yen. What would be the implications for Japan and Korea’s exporters if the weak Yen is … shocks. We find that if the weak Yen persists, it would strengthen Japan’s price competitiveness over time as export prices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447113
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Japan's Restrictive System of Trade and Payments : Operation, Effectiveness, and Liberalization, 1950-1964
Takagi, Shinji - 1997
The paper summarizes how Japan’s foreign exchange and trade control system operated in the early 1950s, how and how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403296
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Export quality in developing countries
Henn, Christian; Papageorgiou, Chris; Spatafora, Nikola - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756813
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Exchange rate choices with inflexible markets and costly price adjustments
Iyer, Tara - 2017
This paper analyzes the appropriate choice of an exchange rate regime in agricultural commodity-exporting economies. In an open economy model that incorporates key structural characteristics of agricultural commodity exporters including dual labor markets, the benefits of exchange rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011705046
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Assessing Protectionism and Subsidies in Agriculture : A Gravity Approach
Paiva, Claudio - 2005
This paper provides the first comprehensive empirical analysis of agricultural trade using a gravity model. The data set covers bilateral trade in agricultural goods for 152 countries over the periods 1990-93 and 1999-2002. The estimations support claims that protectionism and distortive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401036
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Measuring the Impact of Distortions in Agricultural Trade in Partial and General Equilibrium
Tokarick, Stephen - 2003
This paper provides quantitative estimates of the impact of removing agricultural support (both tariffs and subsidies) in partial- and general-equilibrium frameworks. The results show that agricultural support in industrial countries is highly distortionary and tariffs have a larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399986
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Nigeria's Non-Oil Exports : Determinants of Supply and Demand, 1970-1990
Lukonga, Inutu - 1994
This paper reviews Nigeria’s non-oil export performance during the period 1970-90, analyzes the factors underlying the dismal performance, and estimates the supply-price elasticity of the exports for both the short and long run. A distinguishing feature of the analysis is the incorporation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396366
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Agricultural Trade and Protection in Asia
International Monetary Fund - 1988
The study reveals agricultural import restrictions are widely applied in Asia, but that Japan and Korea impose lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396383
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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