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Dynamics on real estate and emerging markets
Schätz, Alexander - 2009
economies, the remaining sectors also benefit from the increase in export earnings. In contrast to Chapter 2, which conducts a …
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Technology-related factors as determinants of export potential of Nigerian manufacturing firms
Adeoti, John Olatunji - 2009
Though economic growth has improved in recent years in Nigeria, there has been no evidence of significant manufacturing … exports. A critical input that enables capacity for export is investment in technology especially at the firm-level. This … study investigates investment in technology by firms in Southwest Nigeria and how technology investment related factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475912
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Analyzing Potential Effects of Preferential Liberalization in Some Asian Emerging Economies
School of Economics and Finance
export supply elasticity, the results of SMART simulation reveal that the highest net trade effect takes place for India, the … simulation suggests that Bangladesh incurs a net welfare loss by joining the FTA. The overall intra-bloc export is likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434839
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Preferential Tariffs, WTO and Developing Countries: Do the Gains from Multilateral Market Access Outweigh Preferential Access?
Elbehri, Aziz; Wainio, John - 2006
WTO trade negotiations on market access follow the MFN treatment. However, an increasing share of trade falls under preferential regimes. For agriculture, trade liberalization analyses have showed that the impact on developing countries (DC) is not uniform, partly from omitting preferences. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442468
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Enlargement of Trade Blocs: National Welfare Effects If Trade Is Liberalized
Glebe, Thilo W.; Salhofer, Klaus - 2006
Small countries may benefit from the formation of a trade bloc, since their combined market power will enable them to manipulate the terms of trade. The question of interest is whether countries will benefit from the enlargement of a trading bloc, if trade liberalization induces countries to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442496
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Meta-Analysis of General and Partial Equilibrium Simulations of Doha Round Outcomes
Hess, Sebastian; von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan - 2006
Quantification of welfare changes due to trade liberalisation play a crucial role for political decision making. However, meaningful comparisons of simulation results from different sources are difficult. Often significant differences in simulated gains from liberalisation do not serve to...
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Effect of NAFTA on Mexico's Income Distribution in the Presence of Migration
Garduno-Rivera, Rafael - 2010
This paper asks how NAFTA affected income distribution within Mexico considering changes in internalmigration. Trade liberalization should theoretically increase the income of low-skilled workers in low-skilled labor-abundantdeveloping countries. Thus, by increasing the wages of poorer workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442630
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International Trade Liberalization Impact on the U.S. Peanut Industry
Carley, Dale H.; Fletcher, Stanley M. - 1993
The acceptance of the NAFTA and GATT trade agreements will impact the U.S. peanut industry. This paper examines trade distorting policies and evaluates the effects of trade liberalization on peanut producers, shellers, manufactures, and U.S. consumers of peanut products. Decreasing marketing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442637
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The Implications of Alternative U.S. Domestic and Trade Policies for Biofuels
Yano, Yuki; Blandford, David; Surry, Yves R. - 2010
The U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS), which involves mandates for variousbiofuels, is complex and has been often misinterpreted or oversimplified in previous studies.In this paper we analyze the implications of the RFS for the U.S. domestic and international ethanol markets. We...
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Multilateral Trade and Agricultural Policy Reforms in Sugar Markets (Revised)
Elobeid, Amani E.; Beghin, John C. - 2005
an import expansion or export reduction and significant contraction in production in unfettered markets. Competitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443055