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Free trade agreement between People's Republic of China and India: Likely impact and its implications to Asian economic community
Bhattacharya, Swapan K.; Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2006
China (PRC) and India, can foster outward-oriented development and intra-regional trade based on comparative advantage and … integration between the PRC and India could be increasing. This paper presents the recent trends in the PRC-India trade and … comparative-static scenarios. It also discusses the implications of PRC-India trade cooperation on the formation of the Asian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279691
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Exports under the Flicker of the Northern Lights
Kristjánsdóttir, Helga - 2008
Picture a small open economy in the North Atlantic Ocean, highly dependent on trade with the EU and NAFTA. How important are these trading blocs to the country's exports? How important is the country's location and size, and how do these affect the export sectors? A unique version of the gravity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295274
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The impacts of institutional quality and infrastructure on overall and intra-Africa trade
Jiang, Yushi; Borojo, Dinkneh Gebre - 2018
The authors examine the impacts of quality of institutions, border and transport efficiency, physical and communication infrastructure on overall and intra-Africa trade covering 44 African countries and their 173 trade partners for the periods 2000-2014. Aggregate indicators are derived for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916435
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The impacts of institutional quality and infrastructure on overall and intra-Africa trade
Yushi, Jiang; Borojo, Dinkneh Gebre - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (2019) 2019-10, pp. 1-34
The authors examine the impacts of quality of institutions, border and transport efficiency, physical and communication infrastructure on overall and intra-Africa trade covering 44 African countries and their 173 trade partners for the periods 2000-2014. Aggregate indicators are derived for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959173
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Southern African economic integration: evidence from an augmented gravity model
Warin, Thierry; Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Tengia, Optat; … - 2009
This paper investigates the feasibility of creating a common-currency union consisting of 16 countries in Southern Africa. We estimate an augmented-gravity model that includes public deficit, public debt, public expenditure, inflation, and the foreign reserves position. We also integrate...
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European economic integration in econometric modelling: Concepts, measures and illustration
Krieger-Boden, Christiane; Soltwedel, Rüdiger - 2010
Processes of regional economic integration have been shaping the economic relations between countries significantly during the last decades. In addition, an increasing integration of the national economies into the global economy has affected these economic relations, too. In an effort to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272106
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Pushed by poverty or by institutions? Determinants of global migration flows
Bergh, Andreas; Mirkina, Irina; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
The existing literature on determinants of migration flows typically claims that income differences across countries should be a pushing factor for people's movement. We suggest that institutional quality is a better proxy for the factors that trigger migration. People may well want to stay in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442465
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Regional integration and export supply constraints: Evidence from ECOWAS zone
Wonyra, Kwami Ossadzifo - In: West African Journal of Monetary and Economic Integration 18 (2018) 1, pp. 72-92
The objective of this research is to reexamine the constraints to export supply in ECOWAS countries, mainly in intra-regional trade. To achieve this objective, we use gravity model estimated with the Pseudo-Poisson Maximum Likelihood (PPML) techniques. Our results show that the number of...
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Esquemas preferenciales de comercio con los Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea: ¿Éxito o fracaso para las exportaciones no tradicionales bolivianas?
Vidaurre Valdivia, Ana Lucia - 2019
This research applies the gravity model to explore the main determinants of volume of Bolivian non-traditional exports. This study emphasizes the impact generated by subscriptions to commercial and preferential trade treatments with the European Union and the United States. For this purpose, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012797270
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A re-examination of the relation between democracy and international trade: The case of Africa
Balding, Christopher - 2011
Scholars and policy makers believe that democracy will bring prosperity through integration into the global economy via increased international trade. This study tests two theories as to why democracies might trade more. First, political freedom may be correlated with economic freedom, thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280181