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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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The Pacific Speed of Growth; How Fast Can It Be and What Determines It?

Yang, Yongzheng; Chen, Hong; Singh, Shiu raj; Singh, Baljeet - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

This study aims to test within a relatively homogeneous group of small states what differentiates the growth performance of Pacific island countries (PICs) from their peers. We find that PICs are disadvantaged by distance and hampered by lower investment and exports compared with other small...

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Trade Flows, Multilateral Resistance, and Firm Heterogeneity

Behar, Alberto; Nelson, Benjamin D. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

We present a gravity model that accounts for multilateral resistance, firm heterogeneity and country-selection into trade, while accommodating asymmetries in trade flows. A new equation for the proportion of exporting firms takes a gravity form, such that the extensive margin is also affected by...

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Growth Slowdowns and the Middle-Income Trap

Aiyar, Shekhar; Duval, Romain A; Puy, Damien; Wu, Yiqun; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The “middle-income trap” is the phenomenon of hitherto rapidly growing economies stagnating at middle-income levels and failing to graduate into the ranks of high-income countries. In this study we examine the middle-income trap as a special case of growth slowdowns, which are identified as...

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Rwanda; Recent Economic Developments

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2000

The government of Rwanda has recognized that economic development in most areas would have to be the responsibility of the private sector (particularly since military and civil service employment would be reduced), but that the public sector could still have a role in promoting economic equality...

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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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