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Reforming Subsidies : A Tool-Kit for Policy Simulations

Araar, Abdelkrim - 2017

The paper provides basic guidelines and tools for simulating subsidy reforms with Stata using a single cross-section survey. Simulations are discussed under a partial equilibrium and medium-term framework using a marginal approach. The paper distinguishes between single priced products, such as...

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Credit Constraints and the North-South Transmission of Crises

Nguyen, Ha - 2017

Adverse shocks to rich countries often have a large and persistent negative impact on investment and output in developing countries. This paper examines a transmission mechanism that can account for this stylized fact. The mechanism is based on the existence of international financial frictions....

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Decomposing the Great Trade Collapse : Products, Prices, and Quantities in the 2008-2009 Crisis

Haddad, Mona - 2017

The authors identifies a new set of stylized facts on the 2008-2009 trade collapse that they hope can be used to shed light on the importance of demand and supply-side factors in explaining the fall in trade. In particular, they decompose the fall in international trade into product entry and...

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Financial Globalization and the Russian Crisis of 1998

Pinto, Brian - 2017

Russia had more-or-less completed the privatization of its manufacturing and natural resource sectors by the end of 1997. And in February 1998, the annual inflation rate at last dipped into the single digits. Privatization should have helped with stronger micro-foundations for growth. The...

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The Empirical Landscape of Trade Policy

Bown, Chad P. - 2018

represented 83 percent of the world's population and 91 percent of the world's GDP in 2013. It addresses the following five … setting trade policy? Finally, how liberalized is world trade? The analysis documents the extent of cross … concludes that substantial trade policy barriers remain as an important feature of the world economy …

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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...

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How Different are Safeguards from Antidumping? Evidence from Us Trade Policies Toward Steel

Bown, Chad P. - 2017

Use of temporary trade barriers has proliferated across countries, industries, and even policy instruments. This paper constructs a panel of bilateral, product-level United States steel imports that are matched to a unique data set on trade policy exclusions that are associated with the 2002...

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International Trade and Inclusive Growth : A Primer for Busy Policy Analysts

Lederman, Daniel - 2017

This note provides two analytical frameworks for understanding the role of trade in promoting inclusive growth in developing economies. A working definition of inclusive growth focuses on long-term, sustained growth associated with productivity growth and employment opportunities for broad...

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Is Protectionism on the Rise? Assessing National Trade Policies During the Crisis of 2008

Kee, Hiau Looi - 2017

as US$43 billion during the crisis period, it explains less than 2 percent of the collapse in world trade …

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Anatomy and Impact of Export Promotion Agencies

Cruz, Marcio - 2018

Recent literature has shown evidence of positive contributions of export promotion agencies around the world in raising … their products. This paper describes the characteristics of export promotion agencies around the world, using a novel … database from the World Bank, in collaboration with the International Trade Center in Geneva, covering 2005-10. In addition, it …

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