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Doing Business in Mexico
Zimmermann, Thomas A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
On 1 July 2001, a far-reaching free trade agreement between the EFTA States and Mexico entered into force. ”Doing Business in Mexico” provides targeted assistance to Swiss Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) that wish to tap the potential of Mexico as both an export destination and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621987
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East Asia's Economic Development cum Trade "Divergence"
Ishido, Hikari - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004
This paper addresses some salient features of how some of "successful" East Asian economies have been faring in terms of enhancing their export competitiveness. That export becomes more divergent in terms of its unit price as more technology-enhancing economic activity is undertaken within an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222495
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The Complete Issue
Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the … - In: Integración y Comercio / Integration and Trade 34 (2012) 16, pp. 1-128
This issue of the Journal is devoted to physical integration in Latin America. The Editorial Committee set about designing the contents with a call for papers, which suggested topics and questions that focused on the subject while covering a broad spectrum. Regional physical integration is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010587719
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Distribution of Export Price Risk in a Developing Country.
Bourguignon, F.; Lambert, S.; Suwa-Eisenmann, A. - Département et Laboratoire d'Économie Théorique … - 1996
We address the issue of social distribution of an aggregate risk (on agricultural export price), in a macro-economic perspective. Individual incomes in representative social groups are computed as a function of export prices, which are assumed to be stochastic, using an applied general...
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Speed Money: Time, Corruption, and Trade
Shepherd, Ben - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper shows that longer trade times are associated with higher levels of trade-related corruption, consistent with a theoretical framework in which “fast” producers earn higher profits than “slow” ones, but may have to pay “speed money” to possibly corrupt customs officials....
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Trade Productivity Upgrading, Trade Fragmentation, and FDI in Manufacturing: The Asian Development Experience
Singh, Nirvikar; Mora, Jesse - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2012
relationships between the nature of exports and imports and growth, as well as the relevance of FDI as a channel for these … relationships. We find that FDI is often positively correlated with higher productivity levels in exports and imports. The effect … fragmentation. In turn, both imported intermediates and exports that are associated with higher productivity levels are positively …
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The source of sustainable growth in Costa Rica
Nabeshima, Kaoru; Ito, Tadashi; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Costa Rica has some concerns for the "middle income trap" stemming from her perceived weakening export competitiveness, intensifying competition in attracting FDI inflow; and apparent lack of innovation capabilities. Quantitative analyses on the impact of recent FTAs suggest only large firms...
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Economic Diversification in LICs; Stylized Facts and Macroeconomic Implications
Papageorgiou, Chris; Spatafora, Nicola - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Limited diversification is an underlying characteristic of many low-income countries (LICs). Concentration in sectors with limited scope for increases in productivity and quality may result in less broad-based and sustainable growth. Moreover, lack of diversification may increase exposure to...
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East Asia and its potentials in boosting economic growth in developing economies: the case of Africa
Maswana, Jean-Claude - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 2 (2010) 6, pp. 479-493
-by-importing externalities have the potential for generating economic growth in Africa. Eventually, exports of primary commodities are likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008755189
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The Pacific Speed of Growth; How Fast Can It Be and What Determines It?
Yang, Yongzheng; Chen, Hong; Singh, Shiu raj; Singh, Baljeet - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
lower investment and exports compared with other small island states, but greater political stability, catch-up effects from …
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