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continuum of goods to show that trade liberalization causes higher unemployment in countries with comparative advantage in … contradicting evidence in the empirical literature on the impact of trade on unemployment. …
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This Paper assesses the foreign lobbying forces behind the tariff preferences that the United States grants to Latin American countries. The basic framework is one developed by Grossman and Helpman (1994) that is extended to explain the relationship between foreign lobbying and tariff...
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This Paper provides a new approach to the evaluation of pre-shipment inspection (PSI) programs as ways of improving tariff-revenue collection and reducing fraud when customs administrations are corrupt. We build a model highlighting the contribution of surveillance firms to the generation of...
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In this paper, the literature on trade and development is surveyed, especially that regarding the role of … complementarities associated with trade infrastructure. The empirical literature shows that, on average, trade causes growth, but the … investment in soft and hard infrastructure has an unambiguously positive impact on trade flows, the theoretical literature argues …
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The brutal drop in global trade during the last quarter of 2008 and the first months of 2009 has been the subject of … of trade during recent years and subsequently led to the current downturn. The globalisation process is thus being held … responsible for the collapse of trade. We will show, based on a simulation carried out using the MIRAGE model, that the intensity …
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We improve the study of the effects of a Currency Union on trade. Using data on French exports at the firm level, we …
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Information is costly to acquire in trade and financial markets, especially across international borders. Sellers and …
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In this paper, the literature on trade and development is surveyed, especially that regarding the role of … complementarities associated with trade infrastructure. The empirical literature shows that, on average, trade causes growth, but the … investment in soft and hard infrastructure has an unambiguously positive impact on trade flows, the theoretical literature argues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576841
This paper examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of China and India in …
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