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How Do the "GATS-Plus" and "GATS-Minus" Characteristics of Regional Service Agreements Affect Trade in Services?

Zhou, Nianli - 2014

Preferential liberalization of trade in services is a central feature of the new regionalism. "GATS-Plus" and "GATS-Minus" have become the distinctive characteristics of the service RTAs and this paper aims to investigate and distinguish the different effect of the "GATS-Plus" and "GATS-Minus"...

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An Evaluation of the Impact of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (SPFTZ)

Yao, Daqing - 2015

In this paper we present evidence as to the effects of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (SPFTZ) on China's capital controls. The start of the SPFTZ in September, 2013 was a trial to introduce a combination of exchange rate floating and capital account liberalization into China's macro...

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The US as the "Demander of Last Resort" and its Implications on China's Current Account

Aizenman, Joshua - 2008

This paper evaluates the degree to which current account patterns are explained by the variables suggested by the literature, and reflects on possible future patterns. We start with panel regressions explaining the current account of 69 countries during 1981-2006. We identify an asymmetric...

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Negative Alchemy? Corruption, Composition of Capital Flows, and Currency Crises

Wei, Shang-Jin - 2001

Crony capitalism and self-fulfilling expectations by international creditors are often suggested as two rival explanations for currency crisis. This paper examines a possible linkage between the two that has not been explored much in the literature: corruption may affect a country's composition...

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The Value of MFN Treatment

Ghosh, Madanmohan - 1998

We discuss most favoured nation (MFN) treatment in trade agreements, suggesting that its value to individual countries depends critically on the relevant model solution concept used to evaluate it. We analyze both rights to MFN treatment in foreign markets, and the obligation to grant MFN...

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House Valuations and Economic Growth : Some International Evidence

Aizenman, Joshua - 2016

This paper evaluates the relation between house prices and economic growth. Using a dataset that covers house prices for 19 countries from the first quarter of 1975 to the third quarter of 2013. We find that house price appreciations are positively associated with economic growth, while the...

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When Is There a Strong Transfer Risk from the Sovereigns to the Corporates? Property Rights Gaps and CDS Spreads

Bai, Jennie - 2012

When a sovereign faces the risk of debt default, it may be tempted to expropriate the private sector. This may be one … reason for why international investment in private companies has to take into account the sovereign risk. But the likelihood … of a transfer from the sovereign risk to corporate default risks may be mitigated by legal institutions that provide …

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