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Consumers activism: The Facebook boycott of cottage cheese
Hendel, Igal; Lach, Saul; Spiegel, Yossi - 2015
We study a consumer boycott on cottage cheese that was organized in Israel on Facebook in the summer of 2011 following a steep increase in prices after price controls were lifted in 2006. The boycott led to an immediate decline in prices which stayed low more than three years after the boycott....
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People's Republic of China's export threat to ASEAN: Competition in the US and Japanese markets
Weiss, John; Shanwen, Gao - 2003
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The yuan's exchange rates and pass-through effects on the prices of Japanese and US imports
Xing, Yuqing - 2010
-through effects in the case of Japan were mainly attributed to the PRC's policy to peg the yuan to the United States (US) dollar, and … that the dollar is used as a dominant invoicing currency for the PRC's exports to Japan. After controlling the currency …
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Preferential Rules of Origin for the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership: Issues and Prospects
Manzano, George N. - 2004
structures, Japan will stand to benefit more in terms of enhanced market access under the JPEPA. Second, there are indications … that Philippine exports to Japan are well placed to satisfy varying levels of ROO restrictions under a value added approach …. Third, the existing bilateral template on the ROO under the Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA) will not …
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Has trade with China affected UK inflation?
Wheeler, Tracy - 2008
Chinese imports on UK CPI inflation from 1997-2005 was positive. …
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Shield the US from Imports! – GDP Impacts on Finland and Other European Union Member States
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Kuusi, Tero - 2017
We analyze the value-added impacts of rising (United States) US protectionism on Finland and other European Union (EU) member states. The president of the US has proposed tariff increases, particularly on imports from Mexico and China to the US, while the threat of protectionism also involves...
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China's Impact on Africa - the Role of Trade, FDI and Aid
Busse, Matthias; Erdogan, Ceren; Mühlen, Henning - 2014
We investigate the impact of Chinese activities in sub-Saharan African countries with respect to the growth performance … evidence for displacement effects of African firms due to competition from China. Chinese foreign investment and aid in Africa …
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The political economy of China's aid policy in Africa
Pehnelt, Gernot - 2007
In recent years, China has become a major power on the African continent, not only with respect to trade and investment, but also as a donor of development aid. Although there is no accurate measure of the exact size of China's aid program, since China rather underestimates the volume in...
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The empirics of China's outward direct investment
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Qian, Xingwang - 2009
's ODI, b) the Chinese exports to developing countries induce China's ODI, c) China's international reserves promote its ODI …, and d) the Chinese capital tends to agglomerate among developed economies but diversify among developing economies …
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Toward a regional exchange rate regime in East Asia
Kawai, Masahiro - 2007
Deepening market-driven economic integration in East Asia makes intraregional exchange rate stability across the region increasingly desirable and necessary. This paper suggests that East Asia's emerging economies begin with a currency basket system based on the G3 (US, Euro area and Japanese)...
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