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Concertina Reforms with International Capital Mobility
Kreickemeier, Udo; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis - 2006
We show that the standard concertina result for tariff reforms – i.e. lowering the highest tariff increases welfare … tariff is lowered is not capital intensive. If the concertina reform lowers welfare it lowers market access as well, thereby …
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Tariff-Tax Reforms and Market Access
Kreickemeier, Udo; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis - 2006
increase in welfare and government revenues. The present paper examines whether the country that implements such a reform ends … follow both as far as it concerns market access and welfare. …
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Product Market Integration, Comparative Advantages and Labour Market Performance
Andersen, Torben M.; Skaksen, Jan Rose - 2006
. Wages, employment and welfare increase as a result of further product market integration. It is interesting to note that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142284
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Noncooperative vs. minimum-rate commodity taxation
Hvidt, Morten; Nielsen, Søren Bo - 2000
tax revenue (welfare) effects of a minimum tax requirement depend crucially on the character of the initial noncooperative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142240
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Non-Preferential Trading Clubs
Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis; Woodland, Alan D. - 2006
This paper examines the welfare implications of non-discriminatory tariff reforms by a subset of countries, which we … income transfers between the member countries, that unambiguously increase the welfare of these countries while leaving the … welfare of non-members unaltered. In terms of economic policy implications, our results show that there exist regional, MFN …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142282
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On The Advantages of Piecemeal Integration: A model of trade with several countries where local integration benefits all
Hansen, Bodil O.; Keiding, Hans - 2005
effects on welfare, whereas integration of countries with a more similar economic structure and size tends to have beneficial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142298
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Flexibility in Trade Bloc Design
Melatos, Mark; Dunn, Stephanie - 2010
A key characteristic of any trade bloc is its “flexibility” – the extent to which it can be modified or augmented by existing members. This paper investigates how prospective trade bloc members value the flexibility of proposed trade agreements in a changing trading environment. We...
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India's role in facilitating trade under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Prakash, Shravani; Kalita, Pallavi - 2013
Economic integration in South Asia is governed by India's relations with the other economies of the region and it is also at the helm of all trade facilitation and transit issues of the region. Concessions given by India under SAFTA for LDCs have greatly benefitted Bangladesh and concessions to...
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A theory of economic unions : a comment
Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - 2019
Gino Gancia, Giacomo Ponzetto and Jaume Ventura have written an extremely interesting paper on a topic that is very timely for the global economy. In this article, I will first argue that GPV have succeeded in formalizing their hypothesis, and that while providing very suggestive analytical...
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India-Myanmar border trade
Taneja, Nisha; Tin Htoo Naing; Joshi, Sanjana; Singh, … - 2019
As India seeks to strengthen trade, investment and other forms of economic cooperation with ASEAN, Myanmar is an essential strategic partner, since it is the only ASEAN nation with which India shares both land and maritime borders. As a "gateway" to South East Asia, Myanmar is also vital in...
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