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Potential trade distortion effects of state trading enterprises under the tariff-rate quota scheme
Yoon, Jung-Hyun; Lim, Song Soo - 2013
industries using soybeans as a raw material are unable to obtain a diverse mix of quality material and cannot exercise the right …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311718
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Potential trade distortion effects of state trading enterprises under the tariff-rate quota scheme
Yoon, Jung-hyun; Lim, Song Soo - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 7 (2013) 2013-31, pp. 1-19
industries using soybeans as a raw material are unable to obtain a diverse mix of quality material and cannot exercise the right …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317975
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State trading deregulation and prairie durum wheat production
Carter, Colin Andre; Ferguson, Shon - 2019
We estimate the impact of the 2012 removal of the Canadian Wheat Board's (CWB) single-desk on the spatial pattern of durum wheat acres in Western Canada. We analyze changes in durum seeded acres with a panel regression and Census Agricultural Region data from 2004-2016. Our results indicate that...
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Bananas, the GATT, the WTO and US and EU domestic Politics
de Melo, Jaime - 2012
This paper revisits the celebrated conflict that lasted close to two decades and pitted the EU against the US and against MFN suppliers of bananas. It starts by recalling the major turning points in the dispute and argues that the EU-US conflict could largely be explained by the changing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014000637
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Agricultural Exports, Tariffs and Growth
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2014
This article presents a Ricardian model of trade with learning-by-doing to study the effect of barriers to trade in products with low growth potential on the long-run economic growth. The model shows that, when elasticity of demand for the product with a lower learning potential is lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333404
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Migration, Unemployment and Net Benefits of Inbound Tourism in a Developing Country
Sahli, Mondher; Nowak, Jean-Jacques - 2005
International tourism is increasingly viewed as one of the best opportunities for a sustainable economic and social development of developing countries. There is also an increasing concern from public policy makers as to whether mass tourism coastal resorts can play a catalytic role in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312434
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Analysis of transportation and logistics processes for soybeans in Brazil
Fliehr, Olivia - 2013
exports in terms of costs and CO2 emissions between farm gate and seaport, using the example of soybeans. To estimate the … impact of logistics and transportation on the competitiveness of soybeans in a national comparison, export processes starting …. The importance of efficient logistics and transportation processes for the competitiveness of soybeans on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317707
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Trade, education, and the shrinking middle class
Blanchard, Emily; Willmann, Gerald - 2013
We develop a new model of trade in which educational institutions drive comparative advantage and determine the distribution of human capital within and across countries. Our framework exploits a multiplicity of sectors and the continuous support of human capital choices to demonstrate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291881
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Trade, education, and the shrinking middle class
Blanchard, Emily; Willmann, Gerald - 2013
We develop a new model of trade in which educational institutions drive comparative advantage and determine the distribution of human capital within and across countries. Our framework exploits a multiplicity of sectors and the continuous support of human capital choices to demonstrate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292731
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International Fragmentation: A Policy Perspective
Kohler, Wilhelm - 2000
International fragmentation, or outsourcing, is often referred to as a distinctly novel feature in today's global economy. First observed in the US-Mexican context, the phenomenon is increasingly catching policy makers' attention also in Europe. As barriers between east and west are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294567