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The Determinants of Regional Manufactured Exports from a Developing Country
Matthee, Marianne; Naudé, Wim - 2018
regional manufactured exports. It is found that the home-market effect (measured by the size of local GDP) and distance … (measured as the distance in km to the nearest port) are significant determinants of regional manufactured exports. This article …
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Trade facilitation in developing countries
Milner, Chris (contributor); Morrissey, Oliver (contributor) - 2008
, reductions in trade costs and promotion of greater regional cooperation (at least in Customs and transport, especially as many TF … measures are appropriate for inclusion in regional integration agreements). -- Trade Facilitation ; Regional Integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003765779
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Competition policy and public procurement in developing countries
Falvey, Rodney E.; La Chimia, Annamaria; Morrissey, Oliver - 2008
regional integration agreements. The first part addresses Competition Policy - measures employed by government to ensure a fair … provide a blueprint, it provides guidance on the most useful ways to incorporate Competition Policy in regional agreements … international agreements. -- Competition Policy ; Public Procurement ; Regional Integration …
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The Costs and Benefits of Duty-Free, Quota-Free Market Access for Poor Countries : Who and What Matters
Bouët, Antoine - 2012
This paper examines the potential benefits and costs of providing duty-free, quota-free market access to the least developed countries (LDCs), and the effects of extending eligibility to other small and poor countries. Using the MIRAGE computable general equilibrium model, it assesses the impact...
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Modeling Trade and Income Distribution in Six Developing Countries A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis up to the Year 2050
Britz, Wolfgang - 2020
This paper presents an empirical exercise, aimed at investigating the implications on poverty and income distribution of a reference scenario (SSP2) of economic development. It does so by coupling a dynamic general equilibrium model of the global economy, specifically designed to capture...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836919
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The Costs of Inward Direct Foreign Investment to Developing Countries
Gazioglu, Saziye - 2006
In this paper we develop a two country general equilibrium extension of the Stockman (1980)-Lucas (1982) equilibrium exchange rate model. This optimising framework gives us the opportunity to analyse the effect of foreign direct investment on trade and welfare of both the investor and the...
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The Impact of Worldwide Military Spending Cuts on Developing Countries
Bayoumi, Tamim - 2006
This paper investigates the economic impact of a coordinated reduction in military expenditures of 20 percent using a specially modified version of the MULTIMOD world economic model. Simulation results indicate that in developing countries the present value of consumption increases by 46 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781586
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In Search of Information : Use of Google Trends' Data to Narrow Information Gaps for Low-Income Developing Countries
Narita, Futoshi - 2019
Timely data availability is a long-standing challenge in policy-making and analysis for low-income developing countries. This paper explores the use of Google Trends' data to narrow such information gaps and finds that online search frequencies about a country significantly correlate with...
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The Future Development of EU Exports in a Global Context
Stehrer, Robert - 2017
Global trade patterns are changing rapidly. Emerging economies are increasing their share of exports overall and intensifying competition in nearly all sectors. Using a gravity-based approach, this report examines the future profile of European Union (EU) world market shares at the aggregate and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942851
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Measuring Restrictiveness of Bilateral Trade Policies : A Comparison Between Developed and Developing Countries
Antimiani, Alessandro - 2009
This paper compares the degree of openness to trade of three developed countries markets-the European Union, Japan, the United States-with that of three middle-income countries, namely Brazil, India, and China. A theoretically consistent protection measure - the Mercantilistic Trade...
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