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Non-Economic Engagement and International Exchange : The Case of Environmental Treaties
Rose, Andrew Kenan; Spiegel, Mark M. - 2021
We examine the role of non-economic partnerships in promoting international economic exchange. Since far-sighted countries are more willing to join costly international partnerships such as environmental treaties, environmental engagement tends to encourage international lending. Countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238743
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China's Growing Economic Activity in Africa
Besada, Hany - 2008
Trade between the whole of Africa and China (imports and exports summed) grew from $10.6 billion to $73.3 billion … between 2000 and 2007, and between Sub-Saharan Africa and China from $7 billion to $59 billion over the same period. China is … now Africa's third largest trading partner behind the EU and the US. The Chinese FDI stock in Africa has grown from $49 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771826
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The African Growth Miracle
Young, Alwyn - 2012
Measures of real consumption based upon the ownership of durable goods, the quality of housing, the health and mortality of children, the education of youth and the allocation of female time in the household indicate that sub-Saharan living standards have, for the past two decades, been growing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098811
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What is Driving the 'African Growth Miracle'?
McMillan, Margaret - 2014
We show that much of Africa's recent growth and poverty reduction can be traced to a substantive decline in the share …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054049
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China and the Tpp : A Numerical Simulation Assessment of the Effects Involved
Li, Chunding - 2012
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a new negotiation on cross border liberalization of goods and service flows going beyond WTO disciplines and focused on issues such as regulation and border controls. Though the US, Australia and other pacific countries are included, China is notable for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106304
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International Policy Coordination : The Long View
Eichengreen, Barry - 2013
This paper places current efforts at international economic policy coordination in historical perspective. It argues that successful cooperation is most likely in four sets of circumstances. First, when it centers on technical issues. Second, when cooperation is institutionalized - when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091942
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Trade and Inequality : From Theory to Estimation
Helpman, Elhanan - 2012
While neoclassical theory emphasizes the impact of trade on wage inequality between occupations and sectors, more recent theories of firm heterogeneity point to the impact of trade on wage dispersion within occupations and sectors. Using linked employer-employee data for Brazil, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107761
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Trade, Variety, and Immigration
Bo, Chen - 2012
What are the gains from international trade? And how do immigrants influence this process? While economists have considered these questions before, particularly in the context of aggregate trade flows, there has been no work assessing the relation between immigration and international trade in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108248
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Which Parts of Globalization Matter for Catch-Up Growth?
Romer, Paul M. - 2014
Economists devote too much attention to international flows of goods and services and not enough to international flows of ideas. Traditional trade flows are an imperfect substitute for flows of the underlying ideas. The simplest textbook trade model shows that a welfare-enhancing move toward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070271
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International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology Spillovers
Keller, Wolfgang - 2014
This paper examines how international flows of technological knowledge affect economic performance across industries and firms in different countries. Motivated by the large share of the world's technology investments made by firms that are active across borders, we focus on international trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070643