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How much would China gain from power sector reforms? : an analysis using TIMES and CGE models
Timilsina, Govinda R.; Pang, Jun; Yang, Xi - 2019
Many countries have undertaken market-oriented reforms of the power sector over the past four decades. However, the literature has not investigated whether the reforms have contributed to economic development. This study aims to assess the potential macroeconomic impacts of an element of the...
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Implications for provincial economies of meeting China's NDC through an emission trading scheme : a regional CGE modeling analysis
Pang, Jun; Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2019
This study analyzes the potential impacts of a national emission trading scheme on provincial economies in China of meeting China's emission reduction pledges, the Nationally Determined Contributions announced under the Paris Agreement. The study developed a multiregional, multisectoral,...
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Economy-Wide Impact of Electricity Price Increases in Bangladesh : A CGE Analysis
Timilsna, Govinda - 2017
This paper presents an analysis of the economic impact of electricity price increases in Bangladesh. A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is developed and used to trace through the impact of an increase in the price of electricity on GDP, household consumption, economy-wide investment,...
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Using Computable General Equilibrium Models to Analyze Economic Benefits of Gender-Inclusive Policies
Kabir, Kayenat - 2020
-inclusive economies and sustainable results for women on the ground. The note covers what the World Bank has been doing on this front …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647339
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Linking top-down and bottom-up models for climate policy analysis : the case of China
Timilsina, Govinda R.; Pang, Jun; Yang, Xi - 2019
Top-down economic models, such as computable general equilibrium models, are the common tools to assess the economic impacts of climate change policies. However, these models are incapable of representing the detailed technological characteristics of the sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The...
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Economic and distributional impacts of free trade agreements : the case of Indonesia
Calì, Massimiliano; Maliszewska, Maryla; Olekseyuk, Zoryana - 2019
As preferential trade agreements are growing in number and depth, assessment of their economic impacts has become more important to inform policy-makers facing a multitude of potential preferential trade agreements. This paper provides novel ex ante estimates of the impacts of two key...
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Traders' dilemma : developing countries' response to trade disputes
Devarajan, Shantayanan; Go, Delfin S.; Lakatos, Csilla; … - 2018
If trade tensions between the United States and certain trading partners escalate into a full-blown trade war, what should developing countries do? Using a global, general-equilibrium model, this paper first simulates the effects of an increase in U.S. tariffs on imports from all regions to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002288
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Global Trade Watch 2017 : Trade Defies Policy Uncertainty-Will It Last?
Constantinescu, Cristina - 2018
contributions to global trade growth have come from East Asian countries in the developing world and the Euro area in the developed … world. Merchandise trade, which in recent years has been less resilient than services trade, picked up, growing by 4 …
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Trade Developments in 2016 : Policy Uncertainty Weighs on World Trade
Constantinescu, Cristina - 2017
This edition of Global Trade Watch addresses three questions concerning recent trade developments: What is happening? Why? Does it matter? 2016 is the fifth consecutive year of sluggish trade growth and the year with the weakest trade performance since the aftermath of the 2008 global financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248262
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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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