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The importance of regional economic integration in Africa
Madyo, Manone Regina - 2008
Motivation of virtually all regional economic integration (REI) initiatives has been prospect of enhanced economic growth. Although REI's role in contributing to growth and development was recognised and acknowledged, its importance in Africa has never been properly outlined. Theoretical...
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Tariff protectionist measures and Spanish goods exports
Gutiérrez Chacón, Eduardo; Martín Machuca, César
Artículo de revista ; The rise in global protectionist tensions in recent years has, after decades of across-the-board declines, entailed increases in tariffs that are proving detrimental to international trade and thereby affecting the Spanish economy’s external sector outlook. This article...
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Globalization and child labor
Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2010
Handelsliberalisierung auf das Angebot von Kinderarbeit analysiert die Effekte von Einkommensumverteilung durch Außenhandel, und zeigt, dass … Auswirkungen von Handelsliberalisierung auf Kinderarbeit und Schulbesuch in Indonesien für den Zeitraum 1993-2002. Es wird gezeigt … Handelsliberalisierung stärker ausgesetzt waren. Dies war insbesondere dem größeren Rückgang an Armut in diesen Regionen zu verdanken.Aus der …
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Topics in dynamic macroeconomic theory: on the causes and consequences of income growth and uncertainty
Bauer, Christian - 2008
The thesis presents several theoretical models on the causes and consequences of income growth and uncertainty.Part I deals with international trade as a major source of aggregate productivity. It presents the Melitz (2003) model and develops an integrated model of intra-industry trade and...
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Leaving the L-Space; Kundenintegration als Erklärungsansatz multinationaler Unternehmen im Dienstleistungssektor - Eine Weiterentwicklung des OLI-Modells
Radmacher-Nottelmann, Nils A. - 2010
Das Wachstum multinationaler Unternehmen (MNU) wird zunehmend durch Investitionen von Dienstleistungsunternehmen vorangetrieben. Die Produktion von Dienstleistungen unterscheidet sich allerdings in mehreren Aspekten von der Herstellung klassischer Industriegüter. Eine zentrale Eigenschaft ist...
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The Changing Nature of Protectionism: Are "Free Traders" Up to the Challenges It Presents?
Kerr, William A. - 2004
benefits must be balanced against the expected political benefits of protectionism (and their associated welfare costs) when … biased toward protectionism, particularly if trade restrictions are a source of corruption incomes. This article explains the … sources of new appeals for protectionism, outlines the relationship with traditional producer protectionism and lays out the …
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Are Standards Always Protectionist?
Marette, Stephan; Beghin, John C. - 2007
potential protectionism, the standard is useful in correcting the consumption externality in the domestic country. Protectionism …
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Disentangling the Demand-enhancing Effect and Trade-cost Effect of Technical Measures in Agricultural Trade among OECD countries
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John - 2011
Domestic technical measures such as SPS and TBTs can enhance import demand via information disclosure and quality improvement, or hamper foreign export supply via imposing sizeable compliance costs, or both. The traditional gravity equation model estimates the net effect of these measures on...
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Optimal Tariffs: The Evidence
Broda, Christian; Limão, Nuno; Weinstein, David E. - 2007
The theoretical debate over whether countries can and should set tariffs in response to the foreign export elasticities they face goes back to Edgeworth (1894). Despite the centrality of the optimal tariff argument in trade policy, there exists no evidence about whether countries actually...
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Export specialization and economic growth
Plumper, T; Graff, M - 2001
Traditional economic wisdom claims that - while global economic integration is beneficial for economic performance - a country's trade specialization pattern has no impact on its economic performance. In this paper, we seek to cast doubt on this aspect of mainstream economics using a very...
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