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Analysis of transportation and logistics processes for soybeans in Brazil

Fliehr, Olivia - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2013

This study examines the relevance of Brazilian domestic transportation and logistics processes for agricultural bulk … impact of logistics and transportation on the competitiveness of soybeans in a national comparison, export processes starting … information from expert interviews. Experts belong to the transportation and logistics sector, to the sector of agricultural …

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Electronic coordination in oligopolistic markets: Impact on transport costs and product differentiation

Bandulet, Martin; Morasch, Karl - Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und … - 2002

Parameterbereiche existieren in denen die Unternehmen nach einer exogenen Senkung der Transportkosten die Produktdifferenzierung …

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Regional Trade Arrangements in Africa; Past Performance and the Way Forward

Yang, Yongzheng; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Regional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Africa have been ineffective in promoting trade and foreign direct investment. Relatively high external trade barriers and low resource complementarity between member countries limit both intra- and extraregional trade. Small market size, poor transport...

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Assessing Competitiveness After Conflict; The Case of the Central African Republic

Lewis, Mark; Nachega, Jean-Claude; Bakhache, Said; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper assesses competitiveness in the case of the Central African Republic, a postconflict country. The paper presents several conventional techniques for assessing competitiveness, namely the real exchange rate and recent trade performance. Several other measures are considered, in...

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The Long-Run Effects of Tradeon Income and Income Growth

Brunner, Allan D. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper examines the dynamic relationship between trade and income. While most economists agree that increased trade leads to an increase in average income, economic theory is ambiguous about the possible effects on the long-run growth rate of the economy. Using a dynamic panel data model,...

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Trade Costs, Market Integration, and Macroeconomic Volatility

Naknoi, Kanda; Brunner, Allan D. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper examines the effects of trade costs on macroeconomic volatility. We first construct a dynamic, two-country general equilibrium model, where the degree of market integration depends directly on trade costs (transport costs, tariffs, etc.). The model is a extension of Obstfeld and...

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Do South-South Trade Agreements Increase Trade? Commodity-Level Evidence from COMESA

Mayda, Anna Maria; Steinberg, Chad - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

South-South trade agreements are proliferating: Developing countries signed 70 new agreements between 1990 and 2003. Yet the impact of these agreements is largely unknown. This paper focuses on the static effects of South-South preferential trade agreements stemming from changes in trade...

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Republic of Tajikistan; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines banking sector developments in the Republic of Tajikistan. The paper estimates quasi-fiscal activities in the energy sector, and provides an assessment of external sector trade and the need for further trade reform. Developments in the...

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Border and Behind-The-Border Trade Barriers and Country Exports

Sadikov, Azim M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

How do signatures required for exporting and business registration procedures affect the volume and composition of country's exports? To answer this question, I develop a model where a country can export two types of products: differentiated and homogeneous. I show that export signatures and...

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Trade in the WAEMU; Developments and Reform Opportunities

Weisfeld, Hans; Goretti, Manuela - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper provides an overview of trade reform in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) since 1996 and a quantitative assessment of potential effects on trade patterns and tariff revenue of the current reform agenda. Despite evidence of significant trade complementarities within...

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