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Trade Liberalization and Developing Countries under the Doha Round

Francois, J.; van Meijl, H.; van Tongeren, F. - 2003

We explore the impact of multilateral liberalization, with emphasison distributional effects across countries. We first develop a realistic base1ine that takes into account events such as the entry of China into the WTO and the enlargement of the EU, allowing us to focus on those effects that...

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The mechanics of central bank intervention in foreign exchange markets

Basu, Kaushik - 2009

Central banks in developing countries, wanting to devalue the domestic currency, usually intervene in the foreign exchange market by buying up foreign currency using domestic money-often backing this up with sterilization to counter inflationary pressures. Such interventions are usually...

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Intellectual property rights, technology transfer and exports in developing countries

Yang, Lei; Maskus, Keith E. - 2008

improve the ability of firms in developing countries to break into export markets. A Northern firm with a superior process …

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Welfare Effects of Intellectual Property in a North-South Model of Endogenous Growth with Comparative Advantage

Saint-Paul, Gilles - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-5, pp. 1-24

This paper develops a model for analyzing the costs and benefits of intellectual property enforcement in LDCs. The North is more productive than the South and is the only source of innovator. There are two types of goods, and each bloc has a comparative advantage in producing a specific type of...

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Dumping in Developing and Transition Economies

Moraga-Gonzalez, Jose Luis; Viaene, Jean-Marie - 2004

We build a simple theoretical model to understand why developing and transition economieshave increasingly applied anti-dumping laws. To that end, we investigate the strategic incentivesof oligopolistic exporting firms to undertake dumping in these economies. We show that dumpingmay be due to...

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Dumping in developing and transition economies

Moraga-González, José Luis; Viaene, Jean-Marie - 2004

We build a simple theoretical model to understand why developing and transition economies have increasingly applied anti-dumping laws. To that end, we investigate the strategic incentives of oligopolistic exporting firms to undertake dumping in these economies. We show that dumping may be due to...

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Strategic intellectual property protection policy and north-south technology transfer

Naghavi, Alireza - 2003

impact on innovation, market structure, and technology transfer. FDI, tariffs, and joint ventures (JV) are introduced to the …

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International to domestic price transmission in fourteen developing countries during the 2007-08 food crisis

Baltzer, Kenneth - 2013

This paper synthesizes the evidence on price transmission from international maize, rice and wheat markets to domestic markets in fourteen developing countries during the global food crisis in 2007-08. A great variation in the price transmission patterns is observed; from almost no price...

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A cacophony of policy responses: Evidence from fourteen countries during the 2007/08 food price crisis

Bryan, Shane - 2013

Phenomenal increases in food prices in 2007 and 2008 caused governments around the globe to panic. During the chaos which ensued, most developing countries responded to the crisis with a convoluted array of policies intended to stabilize domestic markets, placate consumers and other...

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Processed food trade and developing countries: Protection and trade reform

Rae, Allan; Josling, Timothy - 2001

endowment offered significant explanations of this export growth. But what if ‘openness’ is enhanced? What if processed and … agricultural tariffs were cut. When tariff cuts were extended to manufactured goods, effective protection of food processing in … agricultural and all tariffs increased processed foods exports from developing regions and increased their share of such trade …

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