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The Flying Geese Paradigm: A critical study of its application to East Asian regional development

Kasahara, Shigehisa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

It is often claimed that what is popularly known as the "flying geese paradigm" of dynamic comparative advantage has accurately depicted the East Asian catching-up process. This paper presents a critical study of the paradigm, as well as its application to the current situation in East Asia...

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Least-Developed Countries' Trade During the "Super-Cycle" and the Great Trade Collapse: Patterns and Stylized Facts

Escaith, Hubert; Tamenu, Bekele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

LDCs' trade patterns changed in the past decade, thanks to the rebalancing of global demand towards large emerging countries and the resulting cycle of high international commodity prices. This process led to a wider geographical diversification of LDCs' exports but contributed also to a greater...

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Clustering Value-Added Trade: Structural and Policy Dimensions

Escaith, Hubert; Gaudin, Hadrien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The paper uses exploratory data analysis to propose a typology of exporters according to the value-added content of their exports as well as other economic and trade policy characteristics. In the process, it defines clusters of countries according to the multi-dimensional criteria defined by...

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Causality and Efficiency in the Coffee Futures Market

Kebede, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992

Tests for causality and rationality in the coffee futures market were carried out using data from the New York Market. Tests of causality indicated that futures prices strongly influence variations in spot price eight weeks or more to maturity. However, beginning seven weeks to maturity there...

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Economic impacts of SEZs: Theoretical approaches and analysis of newly notified SEZs in India

Aggarwal, Aradhna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This study aims at examining the economic impacts of SEZs in the Indian context. While doing so, it addresses the conceptual confusion about SEZs, outlines the evolution of SEZs; traces economic philosophies explaining the rationale and benefits of SEZs; extends existing theoretical literature...

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Exportinduziertes Wachstum als Chance für die „nächsten Tiger“?

Benner, Maximilian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Using a strategy of export-led growth and an activist industrial policy, Japan, the Asian Tigers and more recently China have attained high rates of economic growth. Export-led growth has taken over the status as model for developing countries' economic development from the formerly prevailing...

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Preferential Trade Agreements and Manufactured Goods Exports: Does It Matter Whom You PTA With?

Demir, Firat; Dahi, Omar S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper explores two questions. First, can Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) affect industrial development in developing countries? Second, does it matter for developing countries whom they sign the PTAs with? We find that the answer to both questions is yes. Using bilateral manufactured...

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"Trade, Reform, And Structural Transformation in South Korea"

Betts, Caroline; Giri, Rahul; Verma, Rubina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

A two country, three sector hybrid model of structural change with distortionary government policies is used to quantify the impact of international trade and trade reform for industrialization. The model features Arming- ton motivated trade in agriculture and industry, and a novel...

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Impact of Selectivity and Neutrality of trade Policy Incentives on Industrialization of Developing Countries; Implications for NAMA Negotiations

Shafaeddin, Mehdi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Abstract This author sheds some light on the theoretical arguments on the use of selectivity and uniformity of trade policy in trade and industrialization for targeting industries and firms and provides a brief historical review of practices of developed countries and East Asian countries with...

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Vietnam’s Export Competitiveness: Trade and Macroeconomic Policy Linkages

Lord, Montague - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

growth of Vietnam, thereby raising living standards and improving welfare. Apart from investigating macro and micro …-economic aspects affecting the trade environment, the study describes key characteristics of Vietnam’s export structure and performance … Vietnam’s comparative advantage, it evaluates the compatibility of exports in their major markets, and it assesses the policy …

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