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FDI, trade integration and the border effect : evidence from the European Union
Martínez-San Román, Valeriano; Bengoa, Marta; … - 2014
This paper intends to combine two fields in the economic literature by examining empirically the FDI pattern - horizontal versus vertica l- within the European Union and the relevance of trade integration as a potential determinant of investment flows over the period 1995-2009. We capture trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371905
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Global trade in final goods and intermediate inputs : impact of FTAs and reduced "border effects"
Franco-Bedoya, Sebastian; Frohm, Erik - 2020
International trade in manufacturing goods has risen strongly over the past decades, contributing to the expansion of global value chains (GVCs). This paper studies how two factors contributed to this rise since 1970: (i) declining "border effects" that are arguably related to the ICT revolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012216588
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Reduced "border effects", FTAs and international trade
Franco, Sebastián; Frohm, Erik - 2018
This paper studies the role of reduced barriers to international trade from two dimensions: (i) the implementation of Free Trade Agreements and (ii) declining "border effects". Our empirical estimates suggest that diminished border effects accounts for the bulk of the increase in international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011868281
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Is the border effect an artefact of geographic aggregation?
Llano Verduras, Carlos; Minondo, Asier; Requena … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010428293
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Home sweet home : the home bias in trade in the European Union
Mika, Alina - 2017
This study examines the home bias in trade in goods and services within the European Union. Using the newest release of the World Input Output database, available for the years 2000-2014, the effect is estimated using gravity regressions. The trade-reducing effect of borders is found to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636168
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Global Value Chains : benefiting the domestic economy?
Kummritz, Victor - 2015
Global Value Chains (GVCs) have become a central topic in trade and development policy but little is known about their actual impact on economic performance because data availability has been limited. Using a new unique set of Inter- Country Input-Output tables with extensive country coverage, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010499543
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World trade and regional trade orientation in the context of forthcoming Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Czarny, Elżbieta; Folfas, Paweł - 2015
We analyse potential consequences of the forthcoming Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States (TTIP) for trade orientation of both partners. We do it with the short analysis of the characteristics of the third wave of regionalism and the TTIP position in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012016806
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Assessing international trade in healthcare services
Herman, Lior - 2009
Growing evidence indicates that international trade in healthcare services is growing. Nevertheless, a major literature gap exists with regard to the nature of international healthcare trade and its extent. Taking a comprehensive approach, this research examines the magnitude, directions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011618832
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The impact of regulatory heterogeneity on global value chain-related trade
Lombini, Alessio - 2021
chains (GVCs)-related trade and its backward and forward components. I firstly build a regulatory distance (RD) index, which … gravity model, I then find a significant negative effect of regulatory distance on total, backward, and forward GVC … country dimension, I demonstrate that the effects of regulatory distance are associated with the exporters' and the importers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012662478
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Broken relationships : de-risking by correspondent banks and international trade
Borchert, Lea; Haas, Ralph de; Kirschenmann, Karolin; … - 2024
We study how terminated correspondent banking relationships affect international trade. Drawing on firm-level export data from emerging Europe, we show that when local banks lose access to correspondent services, their corporate clients experience significant export declines. This trade...
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