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Reading the footprints : how foreign investors shape countries' participation in global value chains

Buelens, Christian; Tirpák, Marcel - 2017

We show that traditional gravity variables play a significant role in explaining trade flows related to global value chain participation. We find evidence that cooperation costs - measured by linguistic and geographical proximity - are more relevant for trade that reflects cross-border...

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Global trade in final goods and intermediate inputs : impact of FTAs and reduced "border effects"

Franco-Bedoya, Sebastian; Frohm, Erik - 2020

International trade in manufacturing goods has risen strongly over the past decades, contributing to the expansion of global value chains (GVCs). This paper studies how two factors contributed to this rise since 1970: (i) declining "border effects" that are arguably related to the ICT revolution...

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Distance(s) and the volatility of international trade(s)

Mehl, Arnaud; Schmitz, Martin; Tille, Cédric - 2019

Does distance matter for the volatility of international real and financial transactions? We show that it does, in addition to its well-established relevance for the level of trade. A simple model of trade with endogenous markups shows that demand shocks have a larger impact on trade between...

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Trade effects of the New Silk Road : a gravity analysis

Baniya, Suprabha; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 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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Beyond borders : how geopolitics is reshaping trade

Bosone, Costanza; Stamato, Giovanni - 2024

Rising trade tensions, a spate of trade-inhibiting policy measures and a weakening of multilateral institutions have sparked a growing concern about the potential implications of global trade fragmentation. Yet, empirical evidence that geopolitical considerations are already materially affecting...

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Home sweet home : the home bias in trade in the European Union

Mika, Alina - 2017

the World Input Output database, available for the years 2000-2014, the effect is estimated using gravity regressions. The …

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World development report 2020 : trading for development in the age of global value chains

World Bank (Washington, District of Columbia) - 2019

retrenchment or a segmentation of GVCs. World Development Report 2020: Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains …

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Women and Trade : The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality

World Bank Group - 2020

Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...

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Trade in Global Value Chains : An Assessment of Labor Market Implications

Farole, Thomas - 2018

The paper is structured in six further sections following this introduction. Section two develops a conceptual framework, and reviews the literature on the relationship between trade integration and labor market outcomes. Section three outlines the empirical framework and data used in the...

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Global Trade Watch 2018 : Trade Amid Tensions

Constantinescu, Cristina - 2019

. Trade policy developments are mixed. Restrictive trade measures imposed during 2018 affected 3.8 percent of world …-for-tat tariffs between the United States and China alone affected 2.0 percent of world merchandise trade in 2018. Ongoing trade … a multilateral approach and World Trade Organization reforms …

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