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trade. Organisations that monitor international macro-economic development have identified growing protectionism – not least … the increase in non-tariff barriers to trade, such as local regulations or subsidies – as a potential cause of the weaker … growth in global trade. Non-tariff barriers to trade are a significant element of countries’ trade policies and may often be …
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This study empirically investigates the impact on per capita real economic growth of each of the ten measures of economic freedom computed annually by the Heritage Foundation. Within the context of the Random Effects Model, panel least squares estimations using a 5-year panel (2004 through 2008)...
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The paper empirically examines the differential effects of trade on economic growth and investment based on cross …-country data. In general, the results are largely consistent with the positive impact of trade on economic growth as found in the … literature. However, the empirical results based on different categories of countries show that whereas trade has positively …
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This paper examines the role that trade plays in economic development through the channel of technology transfer … between donor- and receiving countries. In this context, trade in (capital) goods allows technology import and improved input … decisions. Second, trade opens export markets, allowing learning-by-doing. Third and most importantly, trade increases the set …
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Developing Asia has traditionally relied on exports to the United States (US) and other industrialized countries for demand and growth. As a result, the collapse of exports to the US and other industrialized countries during the global financial and economic crisis has sharply curtailed gross...
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We build and estimate a structural dynamic general equilibrium model of growth and trade. Trade affects growth through …, growth affects trade, directly through changes in country size and indirectly through altering the incidence of trade costs …. Theory translates into an intuitive econometric system that identifies the causal impact of trade on income and growth, and …
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The study reveals that there is a relationship between foreign direct investments, trade, and growth rate of per capita … do not show any auto-correlation. The trade and foreign investment variables have a significant impact on the growth rate … of GDP per capita. Because FDI and trade are two important components of economic growth in Bangladesh, it is important …
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The pre-eminence of trade and investment in the economic prosperity of developed and developing countries cannot be … overemphasized. Many studies have shown a strong positive impact of trade on economic growth across developed and the emerging market …. However, very little is known about the simultaneous effect of trade and investment on growth in SSA when institutional …
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research and discussions. Experts have argued that the relationship between trade and economic growth in the ECOWAS region is … unclear and the question of whether trade promotes growth and development is controversial. In this paper, an attempt is made … to analyse the impact of trade on economic growth both from a theoretical perspective and using econometric evidence from …
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The paper empirically examines the differential effects of trade on economic growth and investment based on cross …-country data. In general, the results are largely consistent with the positive impact of trade on economic growth as found in the … literature. However, the empirical results based on different categories of countries show that whereas trade has positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845329