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Trade in the Mashreq An Empirical Examination
Blavy, Rodolphe - 2006
This paper provides a framework for understanding trade patterns in the Mashreq. An augmented gravity model is used to compare actual with expected levels of trade. Trade barriers, political uncertainty, and over-appreciation of domestic currencies seem to explain low levels of international...
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Financial stabilization systems, economic growth of developing countries and EU’s STABEX
Aiello, Francesco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
Understanding the impact of instability of export receipts on the economic growth of developing countries has been an important area of research in development economics for a long time. A substantial body of literature has documented a wide range of empirical regularities according to which...
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Assessing the export performance in transition countries: the case of the Republic of Moldova
STRATAN, Alexandru; CLIPA, Victoria - In: Romanian Journal of Economics 33 (2011) 2(bis)(42), pp. 113-129
Despite their common legacy of central planning and of a new beginning in the ’90s, transition countries have achieved different export performances. Although there is not a consensus among economists on the dimension of exports impact on economic growth, the non-performance or poor...
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Measurement of Costs and Benefits of Accession to the European Union for Selected Countries in Central and Eastern Europe
Mortensen, Jorgen; Richter, Sandor - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2000
This paper is the final report of a research project whose aim was to analyse the methodology of calculating the costs and benefits for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia of the envisaged accession to the European Union. The research focused particularly on the impact of the...
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Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa
Braga de Macedo, Jorge A.; Pereira, Luis Brites - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
This paper applies an interpretation of how globalization and governance (G&G) interact with convergence given Cape … diversification (an indicator of globalization) and income convergence (an indicator of governance) in the sub-regions of West and … that trade openness drives convergence and export diversification in Western Africa (which is becoming more diversified …
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How Did China Take Off?
Huang, Yasheng - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 26 (2012) 4, pp. 147-70
There are two prevailing perspectives on how China took off. One emphasizes the role of globalization—foreign trade and investments and special economic zones; the other emphasizes the role of internal reforms, especially rural reforms. Detailed documentary and quantitative evidence...
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Causality and Efficiency in the Coffee Futures Market
Kebede, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992
Tests for causality and rationality in the coffee futures market were carried out using data from the New York Market. Tests of causality indicated that futures prices strongly influence variations in spot price eight weeks or more to maturity. However, beginning seven weeks to maturity there...
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Takeoffs
Aizenman, Joshua; Spiegel, Mark M - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper identifies factors associated with takeoff -- a sustained period of high growth following a period of stagnation. We examine a panel of 241 "stagnation episodes" from 146 countries, 54 % of these episodes are followed by takeoffs. Countries that experience takeoffs average 2.3% annual...
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How Dependent is the Chinese Economy on Exports and in What Sense has its Growth been Export-led?
He, Dong; Zhang, Wenlang - Hong Kong Monetary Authority - 2008
This paper studies the interaction between foreign trade and domestic demand and supply in China¡¦s economic transformation. It compares China¡¦s export dependency with other economies using input-output analysis. The paper also conducts econometric analysis of provincial level data to...
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Can Demand from China Shield East Asian Economies from Global Slowdown?
Zhang, Zhiwei - Hong Kong Monetary Authority - 2008
This paper quantifies how much of exports from eight East Asian economies were consumed by consumers in China, US, Japan, other developed economies, and the rest of the world. We control for the indirect exports through China, i.e., the parts and components that East Asian economies exported to...
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