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A Domino Theory of Regionalism Revisited in an Era of Deep Integration : The Role of Homogeneity/Heterogeneity in Institutions
Liu, Renliang; Stengos, Thanasis; Sun, Yiguo - 2021
This paper aims to explore the relevance of trade partners' institutional background on the formation of PTAs by investigating whether countries sharing homogeneity in institutions tend to form PTAs interdependently. We take economic system and political regime measured by economic freedom and...
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EU trade preferences and export diversification
Persson, Maria; Wilhelmsson, Fredrik - 2013
Since at least the 1960s, the European Union (EU) has offered various kinds of non-reciprocal trade preferences for … researchers as well as in policy circles. The aim of this paper is therefore to analyse the impact of the EU's non …, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) preferences actually have negative effects toward the end of our time period, suggesting that ACP …
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The not-so-generalized effects of the generalized system of preferences
Ornelas, Emanuel; Ritel, Marcos - 2018
We use an empirical gravity equation approach to study how nonreciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs), enacted mainly through the Generalized System of Preferences, affect the exports of the beneficiary nations. In line with existing studies, the average trade effect stemming from nonreciprocal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924652
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Foreign direct investment and trade : a bi-directional gravity approach
Harach, Monika; Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto - 2014
This paper compares the traditional gravity model with a bidirectional approach when multilateral resistance is implemented to analyze the effect of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on exports. We use cross-sectional HS trade data disaggregated at a 6-digit level in 2010 with controls for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010411135
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Trade facilitation and the extensive margin
Persson, Maria - 2010
exported from developing to EU countries, and using this as the dependent variable in an estimation. Moreover, it also tests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952450
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What role for aid for trade in (deep) PTA relations? : empirical evidence from gravity model estimations
Stender, Frederik; Vogel, Tim - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2023
While recent preferential trade agreements (PTAs) cover an increasingly broad range of policy areas beyond their traditional competence for reducing bilateral tariffs, little is known about the implications of this new emphasis on interactions with other trade-related policy measures. We...
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Completing the EU Customs Union : the effects of procedure harmonization
Bourdet, Yves; Persson, Maria - 2010
both tariff and non-tariff barriers like trade procedures. We argue that since trade procedures vary markedly across EU … countries, the EU is not, strictly speaking, a customs union. To illustrate this, we estimate the impact of trade procedures on … exports from non-EU countries and find a highly statistically significant and negative effect. Simulating what the effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008654169
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Consequences of economic : partnership agreements between East and Southern African countries and the EU for inter- and intra-regional integration
Borrmann, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Rocha, Manuel de la - 2007
Agreement ; EU ; ACP Countries ; East and Southern Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009161946
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430680
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Reaping the benefits of deeper Euro-Med integration through trade facilitation
Bourdet, Yves; Persson, Maria - 2011
- could be an important part of a reform agenda. Adopting a Southern perspective by focusing on exports from non-EU … Mediterranean countries to the EU, we test whether the efficiency of trade procedures affects (i) bilateral volumes of exports, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269222