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Tariffs in New Zealand : The economic impacts of retaining tariffs in New Zealand A dynamic CGE analysis
Ballingall, John; Giesecke, James; Zuccollo, James - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The government announced in late 2009 that it would freeze tariffs at current levels until 2015 at the earliest. We … computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the New Zealand economy. We find that the elimination of tariffs in New Zealand …
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Economic Implications of Deeper South Asian–Southeast Asian Integration : A CGE Approach
Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Morgan, Peter; Plummer, Michael; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
making progress in these areas are strong. If the two regions succeed in dropping inter-regional tariffs, reducing non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278063
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The WTO Negotiations on Industrial Tariffs : What is at Stake for Developing Countries?
Akyüz, Yilmaz - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This paper focuses on the implications of the negotiations on industrial tariffs for longer term industrialization in … experience of todays advanced countries regarding the use of tariffs in the course of their industrialization, and compares and … the sectoral pattern and evolution of tariffs that may be needed in the course of industrial development in comparison …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363466
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Bilateral J-Curves between Pakistan and Her Trading Partners
Aftab, Zehra; Khan, Sajawal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Earlier studies that investigated the J-Curve phenomenon for Pakistan employed aggregate trade data. These studies suffered from the aggregation bias problem. In order to overcome this constraint, this paper tests the effects of real exchange rate depreciation in the Pakistani Rupee on the...
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The Exchange Rate, Diversification, and Distribution in a Modified Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods
Razmi, Arslan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
Several recent empirical and theoretical studies have revived interest in the relationship between the level of the exchange rate and economic development. This paper develops a dynamic model based on the Ricardian framework with a continuum of goods to consider the issue from a somewhat...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651625
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Joining Pre-existing International Production Networks : Implications for India’s Economic Integration to East Asia
Suh, Jeongmeen; Kim, Jong Duk - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
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The India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement and the Proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement : A Closer Look
Kelegama, Saman - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
The India–Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement has been in operation for more than a decade. The paper provides the Sri Lankan perspective of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) highlighting both the positive outcomes and the negative aspects. The paper shows that the FTA has worked in favor of Sri...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147325
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The economic impact of the Australia-United States free trade agreement
Armstrong, Shiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
The Australia–United States free trade agreement (AUSFTA) came into effect in 2005. It was the second preferential trade agreement that Australia signed, after its agreement with Singapore, and marked a departure from the primacy of Australia’s previous trade policy of unilateral...
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The WTO’s Doha Negotiations : An Assessment
Das, Bhagirath Lal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The lure of big benefits from successful conclusion of the multilateral negotiations and the risks of bilateral and regional routes if these negotiations fail should not be taken by the developing countries as determining factors in their moves in the current WTO Doha negotiations. Working...
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The Australia–US Free Trade Agreement - An Assessment
Dee, Philippa - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
Australia and the United States signed a bilateral trade agreement in 2004. This paper analyses the provisions of the agreement, compares the provisions with other bilateral and multilateral agreements and comments on the modelling that the Australian Government used to estimate the likely...
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