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Trade and Civil Conflict : Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence

Calì, Massimiliano - 2017

This paper revisits and expands the evidence on the impact of trade shocks on intra-state conflict with a large sample … commodities raise the country's risk of civil conflict and its duration. The effect on conflict risk is mainly driven by the price … of point-source commodities, in line with the rapacity effect theory of conflict. However, the paper does not find …

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Trade in developing East Asia : how it has changed and why it matters

Constantinescu, Cristina; Mattoo, Aaditya; Ruta, Michele - 2018

East Asia, for long the epitome of successful engagement in trade, faces serious challenges: technological change that may threaten the very model of labor intensive industrialization and a backlash against globalization that may reduce access to important markets. A detailed analysis of the...

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Trade in Developing East Asia : How it Has Changed and Why it Matters

Constantinescu, Ileana Cristina - 2018

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Institutions for Regulatory Governance

World Bank (contributor); … - International Finance Corporation - 2010

This paper looks at the role and design of regulatory reform institutions in developing countries. These institutions … and by promoting the regulatory reform agenda; and 4) Ad hoc institutions for regulatory reform, established to launch …: section one briefly reviews the theoretical debate and literature about the role of institutions in facilitating higher …

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Covid-19 and Food Protectionism : The Impact of the Pandemic and Export Restrictions on World Food Markets

Espitia, Alvaro - 2020

This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the initial shock due to the pandemic under the assumption that products that are more labor intensive in production are more affected through workers' morbidity and containment...

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Horizontal Depth : A New Database on the Content of Preferential Trade Agreements

Hofmann, Claudia - 2017

Preferential trade agreements are an important feature of the global trade system. Several questions, ranging from the rationale for preferential arrangements to their impact on members, non-members and the broader multilateral trade system, are at the forefront of academic and policy debates in...

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How Much Will the Belt and Road Initiative Reduce Trade Costs?

de Soyres, Francois - 2018

This paper studies the impact of transport infrastructure projects of the Belt and Road Initiative on shipment times and trade costs. Based on a new data on completed and planned Belt and Road transport projects, Geographic Information System analysis is used to estimate shipment times before...

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Trade Effects of the New Silk Road : A Gravity Analysis

Baniya, Suprabha - 2019

This paper takes a first look at the trade effects of China's Belt and Road Initiative, also referred to as the New Silk Road, on the 71 countries potentially involved. The initiative consists of several infrastructure investment projects to improve the land and maritime transportation in the...

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Does the Global Trade Slowdown Matter?

Constantinescu, Cristina - 2018

Since the Global Financial Crisis, world trade growth has been subdued and lagging slightly behind growth of gross domestic product. Trade is growing more slowly not only because growth of global gross domestic product is lower, but also because trade itself has become less responsive to gross...

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The Global Trade Slowdown : Cyclical or Structural?

Constantinescu, Cristina - 2018

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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