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Global Value Chains and the Removal of Trade Protection
Bown, Chad P. - 2020
This paper examines how trade protection is affected by changes in the value-added content of production arising through global value chains (GVCs). Exploiting a new set of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules adopted in 1995 that impose an exogenously timed requirement for countries to...
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How does globalisation affect COVID-19 responses?
Bickley, Steve J.; Chan, Ho Fai; Skali, Ahmed; … - 2020
This paper examines the effects of globalisation on the pace of governments implementing international travel restrictions during the recent coronavirus pandemic. We find that more globalised countries experienced a longer delay in implementing international travel restriction policies with...
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Globalization and the markups of European firms
Békés, Gábor; Hornok, Cecília; Muraközy, Balázs - 2016
We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514354
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Globalization and the markups of European firms
Békés, Gábor; Hornok, Cecília; Muraközy, Balázs - 2016
We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538046
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The Internationalization of American and Asian Automobile Firms : A Statistical Comparison with the European Companies
Jetin, Bruno - 2021
Internationalization increases firms’ vulnerability to cyclical fluctuations in growth. For this reason, it is at best a positive strategy for a few firms; but certainly not for all. It is from this perspective that the present chapter will try to develop a quantitative analysis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013229609
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Firm age and the margins of international trade : comparable evidence from five European countries
Wagner, Joachim - 2014 - This version: September 23, 2014
This note uses comparable representative data for manufacturing firms from five European countries (Germany, France …, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) to investigate the links between firm age and the participation of the firms in export …, the share of exports in total sales, the number of countries exported to, and the participation in import. The big picture …
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What if Trump is re-elected? : trade policy implications
Obst, Thomas; Matthes, Jürgen; Sultan, Samina - 2024 - Stand: März 2024
A possible re-election of Donald Trump as US president in November 2024 could entail a significant upheaval for the world trading order, if he fulfills his announcements to raise tariffs, mainly in order to reduce the US trade deficit. Such steps would not only have a negative effect on the...
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Food safety standards, compliance and European Union's rejection of African exports : the role of domestic factors
Kareem, Fatima Olanike; Brümmer, Bernhard; … - 2015
This paper investigates the causes of rejections of African exports at the EU border as a barrier in accessing EU markets. Our results indicate that natural geographical hurdle, poor trade-related infrastructure, inefficient border procedure and a lack of technical personnel increase the...
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Eliminating Excessive Tariffs on Exports of Least Developed Countries
Hoekman, Bernard - 2016
commodities are over 100 percent. Such tariff peaks are often concentrated in products developing countries want to export … the group to analyze impediments to developing country export growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748695
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Eliminating Excessive Tariffs on Exports of Least Developed Countries
Hoekman, Bernard - 2014
Although average OECD tariffs on imports from the least developed countries are very low; tariffs above 15 percent (peaks) have a disproportional effect on their exports. Products subject to tariff peaks tend to be heavily concentrated in agriculture and food products and labor-intensive...
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