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Reaping the benefits of deeper Euro-Med integration through trade facilitation
Bourdet, Yves; Persson, Maria - 2011
The current political turmoil in the Arab world has contributed to renewed interest in the Barcelona Process. This paper explores whether deeper integration in the form of trade facilitation - i.e. improved and simplified trade procedures - could be an important part of a reform agenda. Adopting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269222
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Reaping the Benefits of Deeper Euro-Med Integration Through Trade Facilitation
Bourdet, Yves - 2012
The current political turmoil in the Arab world has contributed to renewed interest in the Barcelona Process. This paper explores whether deeper integration in the form of trade facilitation – i.e. improved and simplified trade procedures – could be an important part of a reform agenda....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107049
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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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Preparing for the Negotiation of Preferential Trade Agreements with the EU : Preliminary Lessons from Some Developing Countries
Bilal, Sanoussi - 2003
With the globalisation of the world economy, the multiplication of international agreements and the ever expending scope and depth of issues addressed, trade negotiations are representing new challenges from which developing countries are not immune. Besides their own regional integration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081867
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Technology Diffusion, Services, and Endogenous Growth in Europe : Is the Lisbon Strategy Useful?
Guerrieri, Paolo - 2012
We explore the role of business services in knowledge accumulation and growth and the determinants of knowledge diffusion including the role of distance. A continuous-time model is estimated on several European countries, Japan, and the United States. Policy simulations illustrate the benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012755573
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Sorting it out : technical barriers to trade and industry productivity
Felbermayr, Gabriel (contributor);  … - 2008
economies of scale to sort out the rich interactions between TBT reform, input diversity, firm-level productivity, and aggregate … productivity. We calibrate the model for 14 industries in order to clarify the theoretical ambiguities. Overall, our results tend …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003636442
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Neocolonialism or balanced partnership? : reframing agricultural relations between the EU and Africa
Lungu, Ioana - 2017
The media narratives with respect to EU external policies and their effects on developing countries generally paint a picture of unequal power dynamics and negative externalities, particularly with respect to international trade and land grabbing. In this paper, I use trade data to argue that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011847700
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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … based on industry-specific research and development in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in … the South. The findings show that technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional. Jordan benefits mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394120
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The Regional Dimension of North-South Trade-Related R&D Spillovers
Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2012
total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed … based on industry-specific research and development in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in … the South. The findings show that technology diffusion and productivity gains tend to be regional. Jordan benefits mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012551755
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Measuring international technology spillovers and progress towards the European research area
Siedschlag, Iulia - 2009
the European Research Area (ERA) and a knowledge-based economy. We start with an overview of existing theory and empirical … ; European Research Area …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898728