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Eastern Europe : the EU’s frontier – incorporation or regime competition?
Thom, Rodney; McDowell, Moore - 1999
This paper looks at some aspects of trade and investment relations between the EU and the countries of central and eastern Europe (CEEC). The approach used is based on a model of trade with, and development of, a frontier by a metropolitan economy developed by Ronald Findlay. Findlay’s model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475652
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An examination of the extent of and the potential for Arab economic integration
Elafif, Mohamed - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2008
The main objective of this thesis is to examine the extent of and the potential for Arab economic integration. It adds to the growing literature on the issue of economic integration by throwing the spotlight on several issues hitherto little considered in the existing literature. The thesis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481959
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A comparison of the suppliers' and customers' perspectives of functions of international business relationships
Sharma, Neeru; Hoque, Mohammad Ziaul - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2007
The objective of this paper is to enhance our understanding of international business-to-business relationships by presenting empirical evidence on the nature and relative importance of various relationship functions performed by the suppliers and the customers in trading relationships. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482215
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Ausländische Direktinvestitionen als Wachstumsmotor? - Eine Empirische Analyse am Beispiel Lateinamerikas
Hinrichs, Cord - 2005
kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern … aufgeworfen, wie die Interaktion zwischen DI und inländischem Wirtschaftswachstum zu sehen ist. Auch wenn in der theoretischen als … auch empirischen Literatur signifikante Belege für eine Verbindung zwischen DI und Wirtschaftswachstum zu finden sind, so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476170
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Eastern Enlargement of the EU: A Comprehensive Welfare Assessment
Kohler, Wilhelm - 2004
This paper takes a welfare-view on eastern enlargement of the EU, focusing on incumbent countries. Enlargement is decomposed into three elements: Single-market integration on commodity markets, budgetary costs from EU-expenditure policies, and single market- induced migration from new to present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442323
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Modelling Euro-Mediterranean Agricultural Trade
Garcia-Alvarez-Coque, Jose-Maria; Martinez-Gomez, Victor; … - 2006
This paper examines the methodological problems to define a modelling approach to assess the impact of full or limited bilateral liberalisation of agricultural trade flows in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The bilateral trade liberalisation process in the region is framed by complexity, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443013
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EU Trade Policies: Benchmarking Protection in a General Equilibrium Framework
Antimiani, Alessandro; Salvatici, Luca - 2005
This paper deals with the EU's trade policy with two objectives: on the one hand, we study the performance of EU's preferential agreements in granting their partners improved market access; on the other hand, we assess the extent to which domestic sectors are effectively protected. As far as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443017
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Export Growth In India: Has FDI Played a Role?
Sharma, Kishor - 2000
Export growth in India has been much faster than GDP growth over the past few decades. Several factors appear to have contributed to this phenomenon including foreign direct investment (FDI). However, despite increasing inflows of FDI especially in recent years there has not been any attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444207
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Modelling productivity effects of trade openness : a dual approach
Paul, Satya; Marks, Andrew - 2009
A cost function framework is used to model the productivity effect of trade openness in terms of cost saving. The idea of ?cost saving? is closer to the entrepreneur?s view of productivity. An entrepreneur would expect a reduction in the cost of production if trade openness brings any benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482080
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An Analysis of the Recent Evolution of Mali’s Maize Subsector
Diallo, Amadou Sekou - 2011
In most developing countries, historically, the main strategy for improving the food sector has focused on increasing farm-level production. But in recent years, with the emphasis on value chain analysis, there has been much more focus on subsector studies, demand-driven approaches, and...
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