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The impact of Everything But Arms on EU relative labour demand
Davies, Ronald B.; Desbordes, Rodolphe - 2016
The Everything But Arms agreement, introduced by the EU in 2001, eliminated duties on most imports from the least … countries to the EU. Using a panel of sector-level data across countries, our estimates suggest that, contrary to expectations …, the agreement may have increased the skill-content of these exports, benefitting the lowest-skilled EU workers at the …
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Least-developed countries' trade during the "super-cycle" and the great trade collapse : patterns and stylized facts
Escaith, Hubert; Tamenu, Bekele - 2013 - Manuscript date: November 27, 2013
Notwithstanding some progress in market and product diversification - including services - LDCs remain particularly vulnerable to external shocks. With the exception of 2006-2008, the LDCs as a group have systematically recorded a trade deficit. The 2008-2009 global crisis and the bumpy recovery...
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Enhancing connectivity and trade between Central Asia regional economic cooperation countries and the world : benefits, risks and policy implication
Kalyuzhnova, Yelena; Holzhacker, Hans - 2021
Transportation corridors and reduced trade costs are essential to develop Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries' foreign trade. However, to intensify intra-CAREC trade as well as the region's global exports, the product portfolio of CAREC countries' industry and...
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Trade in value added : concepts, estimation and analysis
Javorsek, Marko; Camacho, Ignacio - 2015
This working paper introduces the concept of Trade in Value Added (TiVA) and presents an initial analysis of TiVA for selected regional ESCAP economies. The paper introduces Global Value Chains (GVCs) and issues for the measurement of trade statistics due to proliferation of GVCs. It further...
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014
paper is that GPA participation by African countries - a prospect which, to date, they have declined to take up - holds …
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Use of Currencies in International Trade : Any Changes in the Picture?
Auboin, Marc - 2012
The paper reviews a number of issues related to the use of currencies in international trade, more than one decade after the introduction of the euro and shortly after steps taken by the Chinese authorities to liberalize the use of the RMB in off-shore markets. Trade is an important factor in...
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Least-Developed Countries' Trade During the 'Super-Cycle' and the Great Trade Collapse : Patterns and Stylized Fact
Escaith, Hubert - 2013
LDCs' trade in goods and services changed in the past decade, thanks to the rebalancing of global demand towards large emerging countries and the resulting high international commodity prices. This process led to a wider geographical diversification of LDCs' exports but contributed also to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072058
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Trade Partner Diversification and Growth : How Trade Links Matter
Önder, Ali Sina - 2016
We analyze the effects of a country's export connections on its income growth using Trade Partner Diversification (TPD) measures that capture the country's relative importance in the international trade network. On top of the standard trade openness measures, TPD measures are shown to enter...
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