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Trade Liberalization, Product Complexity, and Productivity Improvement : Evidence from Chinese Firms
Qu, Baozhi - 2012
This paper investigates the impact of trade liberalization on firm productivity by using both Chinese manufacturing … productivity (TFP) by adopting an augmented Olley-Pakes (1996) semi-parametric methodology to correct the simultaneity bias from … increases productivity for firms that produce complex goods (highly differentiated products). In contrast, we found that trade …
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Trade Liberalization, Firm Exits, and Productivity : Evidence from Chinese Plants
Yu, Miaojie - 2008
liberalization on firm productivity by using both Chinese manufacturing firm-level data and highly disaggregated Chinese import data … over 1998-2002. For this purpose, I first calculate firm's total factor productivity (TFP) by adopting an augmented Olley …'s exit. After controlling for the endogeneity issue, trade liberalization is found to significantly boost firm's productivity …
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Is trade liberalization, economic growth, energy consumption good for the environment? : time series evidence from Pakistan
Jabeen, Asma - In: Romanian journal of fiscal policy : RJFP 6 (2015) 2, pp. 1-13
The study attempts to identify the dynamic relationship between trade, income growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissions for Pakistan. Johansen’s Cointegration procedure has been employed to estimate the coefficients of the Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive model. The results reveal that...
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Common Ground between Free-Traders and Environmentalists
Karp, Larry S.; Sacheti, Sandeep; Zhao, Jinhua - 2001
We use a North-South model with property right differences and resource dynamics to study the effects of trade on resource use and welfare. Autarky is likely to Pareto-dominate free trade in the long run when the environment is quite fragile, and the result is reversed when the environment is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164597
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Common Ground between Free-Traders and Environmentalists
Karp, Larry S.; Sacheti, Sandeep; Zhao, Jinhua - 2000
We use a North-South model with property right differences and resource dynamics to study the effects of trade on resource use and welfare. Autarky is likely to Pareto-dominate free trade in the long run when the environment is quite fragile, and the result is reversed when the environment is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014169199
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Trade Liberalization and Environment : Malaysian Development Strategy, Policy & Experience
Al-Amin, Abul Quasem; Siwar, Chamhuri; Jaafar, Abdul Hamid - 2007
Malaysian trade has been traced since the period of 1947 and she experienced great instability in its export earning due to the high degree of trade dependence in that time period. However this crisis eliminated and the economic development emerged when the government decided to diversify the...
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Cumulative benefits from trade liberalization for the South African economy
Bauer, Matthias; Freytag, Andreas - 2013
South Africaś trade barriers are still relatively high compared to other emerging market economies, and its industrial policy still preferentially treats certain industries. Based on a static GTAP model, we estimate the economic impact of further trade liberalization on the South African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010189321
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Effects of WTO accession on policy-making in sovereign states : preliminary lessons from the recent experience of transition countries
Bacchetta, Marc; Drábek, Zdeněk - 2002 - Manuscript date: April 2002
The purpose of the paper is to discuss the effects of WTO accession on policy-making and institutional reforms in transition countries. This is done by looking at the experience of those transition countries which are already Members of the WTO. We start by examining the effect of accession on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211073
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Potential economic impacts of the Vietnam-Korea free trade agreement on Vietnam
Thanh Hoan Phan; Jeong, Ji Young - In: Journal of East Asian economic integration 20 (2016) 1, pp. 67-90
This paper provides an assessment of the potential economic impacts of the Vietnam-Korea free trade agreement on Vietnam, by using general equilibrium modeling. The results show that Vietnam-Korea FTA will increase aggregate welfare for both countries in the long run. The most important gains...
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Reduced time at customs through implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) would be a significant boost to intra-African trade for AfCFTA countries
De Melo, Jaime; Sorgho, Zakaria; Wagner, Laurent - 2023
All WTO members participate in the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), a rules-based bottom-up approach built on monitorable provisions (e.g. the publication of information, advance rulings, appeal or review of decisions, transparency, and border agency cooperation) aimed at reducing time in...
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