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horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). This choice involves a trade-off between the higher variable trade costs associated …
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This paper shows that uncertainty can lead firms to follow a gradual internationalization process. We describe a model in which firms are uncertain about their ability to earn profits in a foreign market and must decide whether or not to serve it, and whether to do so through exports or foreign...
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horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). This choice involves a trade-off between the higher variable trade costs associated …
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horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). This choice involves a trade-off between the higher variable trade costs associated …
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horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). This choice involves a trade-off between the higher variable trade costs associated …
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within EC manufacturing, and finds relatively little change from 1986 to 1992; the second describes the trade impact of 1992 … with the help of consumption shares, and finds internal and external trade creation; and the third uses regression analysis …
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The paper analyses the proposal to create a hard core of EU countries committed to deeper and faster integration by … the whole EU, Japan and the United States. The second uses principal component and cluster analyses to investigate whether … these five countries represent a homogenous grouping vis-à-vis the other EU members. …
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The EU is a relatively open economy and has benefited from the global multilateral system. We argue that the EU should … agreement is also essential. Third, the EU must be reformed to increase its external credibility. The Singapore ruling has … offered a useful clarification on trade policy. Addressing internal imbalances would also increase external credibility …
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It is often alleged that PTAs involving the EC and the US include a significant number of obligations in areas not currently covered by the WTO Agreement, such as investment protection, competition policy, labour standards and environmental protection. The primary purpose of this study is to...
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