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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies

Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...

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How does the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) affect Central America?

Leamer, Edward E.; Guerra, Alfonso; Kaufman, Martin; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1995

Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Improvements in per capita income are closely linked with exports to North America of labor …-wage market. But the US market for such exports is now more crowded and threatens to become more so, with exports from China and …. Central America faces a chicken-and-egg problem. To stabilize its terms of trade, it must expand exports of manufactures. But …

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Economic effects of the Syrian war and the spread of the Islamic state on the Levant

Ianchovichina, Elena; Ivanic, Maros - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

This paper uses a global computable general-equilibrium framework with new detail on six Levant countries -- the Arab Republic of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, and Turkey -- to quantify the direct and indirect economic effects of the Syrian war and the advance of the...

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Trade agreements and enforcement : evidence from WTO dispute settlement

Bown, Chad P.; Reynolds, Kara Marie - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

This paper examines the implications of the terms-of-trade theory for the determinants of outcomes arising under the enforcement provisions of international agreements. Like original trade agreement negotiations, the paper models formal trade dispute negotiations as potentially addressing the...

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The global trade slowdown: cyclical or structural ?

Constantinescu, Cristina; Mattoo, Aaditya; Ruta, Michele - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

This paper focuses on the sluggish growth of world trade relative to income growth in recent years. The analysis uses an empirical strategy based on an error correction model to assess whether the global trade slowdown is structural or cyclical. An estimate of the relationship between trade and...

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The rise of China and labor market adjustments in Latin America

Artuc, Erhan; Lederman, Daniel; Rojas, Diego - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

This paper assesses the impact of the rise of China on the trade of Latin American and Caribbean economies. The study proposes an index to measure the impact on trade, which suggests sizable effects, especially in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Honduras, Mexico, and Paraguay. The paper uses the index...

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Policy and performance in customs : evaluating the trade facilitation agreement

Hillberry, Russell Henry; Zhang, Xiaohui - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

an average of 1.6 days for imports and 2 days for exports. Using a conservative estimate of the value of time in trade … points on exports. The same estimates are used to calculate welfare gains of policy reform by World Trade Organization …

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Economic implications of a potential free trade agreement between India and the United States

Fukase, Emiko; Martin, William J. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

initial protection in India is particularly high. India would experience an expansion of exports and output, especially in …

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Trade effects of customs reform : evidence from Albania

Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Hillberry, Russell Henry; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

Despite enormous academic interest in international trade costs and keen policy interest in efforts to mitigate them, so far there is very little hard evidence on the impacts of trade facilitation efforts. This paper exploits a dramatic reduction in the rate of physical inspections by Albanian...

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The curious case of Brazil's closedness to trade

Canuto Dos Santos Filho, Otaviano; Fleischhaker, Cornelius - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

measured by the share of exports and imports in gross domestic product. This feature cannot be explained simply by the size of …

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