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How Much Will the Belt and Road Initiative Reduce Trade Costs?
de Soyres, Francois - 2018
This paper studies the impact of transport infrastructure projects of the Belt and Road Initiative on shipment times and trade costs. Based on a new data on completed and planned Belt and Road transport projects, Geographic Information System analysis is used to estimate shipment times before...
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Foreign Investment Across the Belt and Road : Patterns, Determinants, and Effects
Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909679
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The Belt and Road Initiative : Economic, Poverty and Environmental Impacts
Maliszewska, Maryla - 2019
China's Belt and Road Initiative aims to improve connectivity between China and more than 70 countries through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888866
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Who Wins, Who Loses? Understanding the Spatially Differentiated Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative
Lall, Somik V. - 2019
connectivity driven by large transport investments from China's Belt and Road Initiative. The paper presents a quantitative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888980
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The Belt and Road Initiative : Reshaping Economic Geography in Central Asia?
Bird, Julia - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888981
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Common Transport Infrastructure : A Quantitative Model and Estimates from the Belt and Road Initiative
de Soyres, Francois - 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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Reducing Environmental Risks from Belt and Road Initiative Investments in Transportation Infrastructure
Losos, Elizabeth Claire - 2019
The Belt and Road Initiative, due to its diverse and extensive infrastructure investments, poses a wide range of environmental risks. Some projects have easily identifiable and measurable impacts, such as energy projects' greenhouse gas emissions. Others, such as transportation infrastructure,...
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Trade Effects of the New Silk Road : A Gravity Analysis
Baniya, Suprabha - 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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A Framework to Assess Debt Sustainability and Fiscal Risks Under the Belt and Road Initiative
Bandiera, Luca - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865490
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The Impact of China?S Slowdown on the Asia Pacific Region : An Application of the Gvar Model
Inoue, Tomoo - 2017
demand from China boosted intraregional trade in Asia. Although China?s Asian trading partners bene?t from increasing exports … to China, this stronger linkage with China has made them more vulnerable to the risk of a Chinese slowdown. This paper …, are also severely a?ected. The analysis also finds that a negative shock to China?s real GDP would not only have an …
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