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Introduction and Summary to the Handbook of Trade Policy and WTO Accession for Development in Russia and the CIS
Tarr, David G.; Navaretti, Giorgio Barba - 2015
Accession for Development in Russia and the CIS. The key policy conclusions of each of the chapters are highlighted in this … Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS]). The second part treats World Trade Organization institutions and … disciplines, again with Russia and CIS applications. And the third part focuses on various aspects of the impact of WTO accession …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014061970
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Constraints to Growth and Job Creation in Low-Income Commonwealth of Independent States Countries
Verme, Paolo - 2016
Despite sustained output growth since 1997, low-income Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries (CIS-7) have not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as jobless growth. The author addresses the causes of this phenomenon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748041
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Russian Federation, the World Trade Organization, and the Eurasian Customs Union : Tariff and Non-Tariff Policy Challenges
Ferrantino, Michael J. - 2017
This paper assesses issues relating to tariffs and nontariff measures (NTMs) in relation to Russia's World Trade … Organization (WTO) and Eurasian Customs Union (ECU) commitments. The analysis finds that full implementation of Russia's WTO tariff … Kazakhstan, would increase by an estimated $194 million, measured against a 2008 baseline. The impact of NTMs in Russia and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968701
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Russian Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Policy at the Crossroads
Tarr, David G. - 2017
This paper summarizes the estimates of what Russia will get from World Trade Organization accession and why. A key … finding is the estimate that Russia will gain about $53 billion per year in the medium term from World Trade Organization … sectors. The paper summarizes the principal reform commitments that Russia has undertaken as part of its World Trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976610
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The Structure of Import Tariffs in the Russian Federation : 2001-05
Tarr, David G. - 2016
the actual tariff rates by about 1 to 3 percentage points, depending on the year. The average tariff in Russia has … places Russia's tariffs at a level slightly higher than other middle-income countries and considerably higher than the OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747708
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Substitutability and Protectionism : Latin America's Trade Policy and Imports from China and India
Facchini, Giovanni - 2016
The authors examine the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in world markets. To explain higher protection in sectors where a large share is imported from these countries, they extend the protection for sale model to allow for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747787
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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 strengthening trade and investment linkages with countries along the old Silk Road, thereby linking it to Europe. This paper uses detailed bilateral trade data for 1995-2015 to assess...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912326
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Traders' Dilemma : Developing Countries' Response to Trade Disputes
Devarajan, Shantayanan - 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/10012908371
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Trade and Civil Conflict : Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence
Calì, Massimiliano - 2017
This paper revisits and expands the evidence on the impact of trade shocks on intra-state conflict with a large sample of developing countries in the 1960-2010 period. The results suggest that increases in the prices of a country's exported commodities raise the country's risk of civil conflict...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972438
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Use of Imported Inputs and the Cost of Importing : Evidence from Developing Countries
Islam, Asif - 2017
For a representative sample of manufacturing firms in 26 countries, this paper shows that changes in the cost of importing over time are significantly and negatively correlated with changes in the percentage of firms' material inputs that are of foreign origin. Furthermore, the paper shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972871