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The WTO Government Procurement Agreement and its Impacts on Trade
Chen, Hejing - 2011
This paper assesses the impacts of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) on trade in both goods and services among members using a gravity model applied to a panel dataset covering 20 OECD countries over the period 1996-2008 for trade in goods and 1999-2008 for trade in services. The...
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Can the Doha Round Be a Development Round? Setting a Place at the Table
Bagwell, Kyle - 2014
A fundamental objective of the Doha Round of WTO negotiations is to improve the trading prospects of developing countries. The 2001 declaration from the WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, commits the member governments to negotiations aimed at substantial improvements in market access...
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China'S Post Accession WTO Stance
Mallon, Glenda; Whalley, John - 2021
We discuss China's stance in the WTO post-accession, noting the many issues with implementation of China's accession terms by 2007. We evaluate how much benefit China can realistically receive from WTO membership given current problems with dumping actions against China and trade restrictions...
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China's WTO Entry : Antidumping, Safeguards, and Dispute Settlement
Bown, Chad P. - 2013
This chapter assesses China's integration into the global trading system by examining areas of international political-economic quot;frictionquot; associated with its increased trade. We use a number of newly constructed data sets to examine tensions associated with its rapidly increasing trade...
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Can Electronic Procurement Improve Infrastructure Provision? Evidence from Public Works in India and Indonesia
Lewis-Faupel, Sean - 2015
this paper we develop a unique micro-dataset on public works procurement from two fast-growing economies, India and … improvements. In India, where we observe an independent measure of construction quality, e-procurement improves the average road …
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Much Ado About Nothing : American Jobs and the Rise of Service Outsourcing to China and India
Liu, Runjuan - 2013
We examine the impact on U.S. labor markets of offshore outsourcing in services to China and India. We also consider … China and India. Using March-to-March matched CPS data for 1996-2006 we examine the impacts on (1) occupation and industry … experienced during 1996-2005 in business, professional and technical services i.e., in segments where China and India have been …
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Trade and Environment Beyond Singapore
Whalley, John - 2021
This paper discusses the likely evolution of the trade and environment issue in the World Trade Organization after the upcoming ministerial meeting in Singapore this December. It makes a number of points. Progress within the GATT/WTO on this issue looks likely to be slow and painfully...
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The Connection between Imported Intermediate Inputs and Exports : Evidence from Chinese Firms
Feng, Ling - 2012
We use data on Chinese manufacturing firms to study the connection between individual firm imports and firm export outcomes. Since our panel covers the years 2002 to 2006, we can use changes in import tariffs associated with China's WTO entry as instruments. Our regression results show that...
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Creative Accounting or Creative Destruction? Firm-Level Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing
Brandt, Loren - 2009
We present the first comprehensive set of firm-level total factor productivity estimates for China's manufacturing sector that spans her entry into WTO. We find that productivity growth is among the highest compared to other countries. For our preferred estimate, the weighted average annual...
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On the Relationship between Quality and Productivity : Evidence from China's Accession to the WTO
Fan, Haichao - 2018
This paper presents an analysis of the effect of China's entry into the WTO on the quality choices of Chinese exporters in terms of their outputs and their inputs. Using highly disaggregated firm-level data, we show that the quality upgrading made possible by China's tariff reductions was...
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