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Participation of developing countries in global value chains : implications for trade and traderelated policies
Kowalski, Przemyslaw; Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; … - 2015
determinants of GVC participation. Trade and investment policy reforms as well as improvements of logistics and customs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403527
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The spillover effect of services offshoring on local labour markets
Magli, Martina - 2022
I provide new empirical evidence on the direct and indirect impact of services offshoring on local employment and wages, using a unique dataset on firms in the UK for the period 2000-2015. Exploiting variation in firms' services offshoring across labour markets, I show positive aggregate local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476620
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Deeper integration : what effects on trade?
Clever, Martin; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2010
The focus of this paper is to estimate the effect of the different types of regional trade agreements on the volume of trade between country pairs. The analysis will employ the "empirical workhorse" of international trade; the gravity model. We hypothesize that the deeper agreements have a stronger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662908
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The impact of free trade agreements on business activity : a survey of firms in the People's Republic of China
Zhang, Yunling - 2010
and global production networks and are reliant on foreign direct investment flows and external supplies of material and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732272
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Services trade and policy
Francois, Joseph F.; Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2009
unilateral services sector liberalization. The literature touches on important linkages between trade and FDI in services and the …, focusing on contributions that investigate the determinants of international trade and investment in services, the potential … gains from greater trade (and liberalization) and efforts to cooperate to achieve such liberalization through trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009239689
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The value of bindings
Bacchetta, Marc; Piermartini, Roberta - 2011 - Manuscript date: 26 September 2011
One of the goals of the multilateral trading system is to enhance the stability and predictability of the environment in which traders operate.Binding tariffs at the WTO reduces the scope for their discretionary use. But, countries have bound tariffs at ceiling levels often substantially above...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305703
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Why don’t all exporters benefit from free trade agreements? : estimating utilization costs
Ulloa, Alfie; Wagner, Rodrigo - 2012
Free Trade Agreements (FTA) attract significant interest, but after these treaties are signed not all exporters use them. We provide a model of heterogeneous utilization, also developing a novel method to estimate treaty-utilization costs. We later apply the model to estimate the evolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303266
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Quantitative evidence on transparency in regional trade agreements
Lejárraga, Iza; Shepherd, Ben - 2013
What influences the adoption of transparency obligations in trade agreements, and what are its effects? This paper uses a new dataset on transparency provisions in over a hundred regional trade agreements (RTAs) to provide empirical evidence of the political economy determinants of international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775462
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Multilateralising regionalism : strengthening transparency disciplines in trade
Lejárraga, Iza - 2013
Countries embarking on trade negotiations are not only seeking increased market access, but also, reduced market opacity. This study distils the most progressive practices for promoting regulatory transparency in over one hundred regional trade agreements (RTAs) concluded by OECD and large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009775465
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Deep provisions in regional trade agreements : how multilateral-friendly? ; an overview of OECD findings
Lejárraga, Iza - 2014
Over the past decade, an increasing number of economies have resorted to regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a means to further the market-opening and rule-making agenda. In this context, this paper addresses the question as to whether and how selected elements of RTAs could be used as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010466631