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The financial costs of the U.S.-China trade tensions : evidence from East Asian stock markets

De Nicola, Francesca; Kessler, Martin; Nguyen, Ha - 2019

This paper examines the impacts of U.S.-China trade tensions via the lens of East Asian stock markets. Studying 10 …

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Foreign investment across the belt and road : patterns, determinants and effects

Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang; Lin, Chuanhao - 2018

This paper examines the patterns and economic effects of foreign direct investment across the Belt and Road Initiative countries and assesses the potential role of the initiative in shaping the patterns and effects. Exploring cross-country bilateral transportation cost and foreign investment...

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

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

proximate national and regional challenges. The first is the emergence of one East Asian country, China, as a global trade giant …

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The extent of GVC engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa

Van Biesebroeck, Johannes; Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi - 2019

This paper exploits information from two different datasets to provide a novel and multi-dimensional picture of the engagement of all sub-Saharan African countries in global value chains (GVCs). It documents in detail the nature of the underlying data and the way it is used to construct several...

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Exposure of belt and road economies to China trade shocks

Bastos, Paulo - 2018

The Belt and Road Initiative seeks to deepen China's international integration by improving infrastructure and … detailed bilateral trade data for 1995-2015 to assess the degree of exposure of Belt and Road economies to China trade shocks …. The econometric results reveal that China's trade growth significantly affected the exports of Belt and Road economies …

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A framework to assess debt sustainability and fiscal risks under the Belt and Road Initiative

Bandiera, Luca; Tsiropoulos, Vasileios - 2019

This paper provides a framework to assess the impact of infrastructure investment expected under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the debt vulnerabilities of countries that are located on BRI transport and connectivity corridors in the absence of comprehensive and consistent information on...

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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 …

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Common transport infrastructure : a quantitative model and estimates from the Belt and Road Initiative

Soyres, François de; Mulabdic, Alen; Ruta, Michele - 2019

This paper presents a structural general equilibrium model to analyze the effects on trade, welfare, and gross domestic product of common transport infrastructure. Specifically, the model builds on the framework by Caliendo and Parro (2015)-a Ricardian model with sectoral linkages, trade in...

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Who wins, who loses? : understanding the spatially differentiated effects of the Belt and Road Initiative

Lall, Somik V.; Lebrand, Mathilde - 2019

connectivity driven by large transport investments from China's Belt and Road Initiative. The paper presents a quantitative …

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The Belt and Road Initiative : reshaping economic geography in Central Asia?

Bird, Julia; Lebrand, Mathilde; Venables, Anthony - 2019

This paper develops a computable spatial equilibrium model of Central Asia and uses it to analyze the possible effects of the Belt Road Initiative on the economy of the region. The model captures international and subnational economic units and their connectivity to each other and the rest of...

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