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Regionalization and Home Bias: The Case of Canada
Ceglowski, Janet - In: Journal of Economic Integration 15 (2000), pp. 548-564
The bilateral trade flows between Canada and the US have grown rapidly in the 1990s. Are they evidence of an emerging … substantial trade between Canada and the US, the US bias in Canada’s merchandise trade has grown since the formation of the Canada …-US Free Trade Area. The rise in the US bias reflects an emerging gap between Canada's home bias relative to the US and its …
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Pass-Through Effects of the East African Community Common External Tariffs on Kenya's Domestic Prices
Mogendi, Justine Ongeri; Nganga, Tabitha Kiriti; … - In: Journal of Economic Integration 38 (2023) 3, pp. 466-495
This study offers an empirical microlevel analysis of the pass-through effects of the East African Community Common External Tariff on consumer prices in Kenya. Using data from the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Surveys conducted in 2005 and 2015, this research employs a fixed-effects model...
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Endogenous Preferential Trade Agreements
Novo Peteiro, José Antonio; Sánchez de Paz, Elena - In: Journal of Economic Integration 14 (1999), pp. 419-431
This paper shows that preferential trade agreements can emerge in an endogenous way. We use a simple international trade model where govern - ments fix their tariffs in order to maximize social welfare. We find that when countries behave in a non co-operative way this performance leads to tariff...
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Inter-Regional and Intra-Regional Trade in East Asia: Recent Developments and Aggregate Bilateral Trade Elasticities
Nagano, Mamoru - In: Journal of Economic Integration 18 (2003), pp. 105-125
East Asian countries have experienced dynamic structural change in regional trade during the 1990s. While intra-regional trade rapidly progressed within the region after the financial crisis, Asia accounts for a large portion of inter-regional trade volume, even after the crisis. In this paper,...
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Impacts of Free Trade Agreement on US State Vegetable and Fruit Trade Flows
Karemera, David; Reinstra-Munnicha, Paul - In: Journal of Economic Integration 24 (2009), pp. 116-134
A few studies have shown that free trade agreements have affected the pattern of state exports. This paper examines the effects of free trade agreements on US state vegetable and fruit trade flows. We propose a single commodity gravity equation to overcome a common shortcoming of most gravity...
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Alabama Forest Products and the Potential Impacts of FTAA Price Changes
Thompson, Henry; Malki, Mostafa - In: Journal of Economic Integration 25 (2010), pp. 130-143
The Free Trade Area of the Americas FTAA will increase import competition for some forest product industries in Alabama but create export opportunities for others. Forest products loom large in the Alabama economy, both in terms of income and pollution. The present paper gauges the potential...
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Prospects for Closer Economic Relations between Europe and East Asia
Anderson, Kym - In: Journal of Economic Integration 13 (1998), pp. 1-29
East Asia has rapidly become the third centre of gravity for global economic activity. North America is relatively well integrated with East Asia, but Europe is not. This paper explores the extent to which economic growth and trade poli - cy developments over the next decade will strengthen...
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ASEAN-New Zealand Trade Relations and Trade Potential: Evidence and Analysis
Bano, Sayeeda; Takahashi, Yoshiaki; Scrimgeour, Frank - In: Journal of Economic Integration 28 (2013), pp. 144-182
This study examines the development of trade between ASEAN and New Zealand. Indices of trade intensity and trade potential are used to analyse the intensity of existing trade for the period 1980~2010 and trade potential going forward. This is the first use of the trade potential method to assess...
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Middle East and North African Integration: through the lens of Non-Tariff Measures
Péridy, Nicolas; Ghoneim, Ahmed - In: Journal of Economic Integration 28 (2013), pp. 580-609
Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) have recently become a central issue for economists and policy makers. Based on a new database developed by the World Bank on five Middle East and North African(MENA) countries at a very detailed product level, this article provides calculations of the average tariff...
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Why Is Open Regionalism Not Always Good?
Loke, Wai-Heng; Winters, L. Alan - In: Journal of Economic Integration 27 (2012), pp. 437-465
When the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) formally adopted the principle of “open regionalism” (OR) in its trade liberalization in 1991, many were optimistic that this approach suggested the bloc as a stepping stone toward global free trade. This optimistic view was reinforced by the...
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