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The impact of policy measures on trade in services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Trachtenberg, Danielle - 2021
different types of policy measures on services exports and imports, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. It finds … that market-entry measures are important to both total services exports and imports in the region and bilateral trade flows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583935
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The impact of export promotion on export market entry
Schminke, Annette; Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - 2016
For small open economies, it is essential that many firms find their way to the export market and most governments provide some form of export promotion assistance. We use detailed firm-level data for Flanders, the largest region in Belgium, to evaluate whether its program raises firms'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635024
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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
. The paper's estimates suggest that a realistic implementation of TFA measures could reduce time in customs for imports by … reduction tariff Ad-Valorem Equivalent (AVE) in the range 3.5%-7% for imports and 8% extra growth of exports. The large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014343008
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Unilateral carbon pricing and heterogeneous firms
Sogalla, Robin - 2023
Several empirical studies document the relevance of firm heterogeneity to assess the effect of trade and environmental policy. This paper develops a multi-country and -sector general equilibrium trade model with heterogeneous firms and analyzes the effect of domestic carbon pricing as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014438443
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How do free trade agreements change import prices? : firm-level evidence from China's imports from ASEAN
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Yang, Chih-Hai - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
-level imports in China from ASEAN countries by employing China’s firm-product-level trade data. As a result, controlling for firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134431
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Why do oil importers diversify their import sources politically? : evidence from U.S. firm-level data
Kashcheeva, Mila; Tsui, Kevin K. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
macro evidence, we first show that individual firms diversify their oil imports politically, even after controlling for … unobserved firm heterogeneity. We conjecture that the political pattern of oil imports from these individual firms is driven by … market can adjust their imports immediately, vertically-integrated firms with investment overseas tend to commit to term …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787069
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Digital trade integration in preferential trade agreements
Mitchell, Andrew D.; Mishra, Neha - 2020
The growth of digital trade is dependant upon greater interconnectivity across borders. Several countries strive to achieve such interconnectivity and integration in digital trade through international trade agreements. Digital trade integration is a complex, multidimensional process that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012216810
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Value chain development for deeper integration of East Asia and Latin America
Shepherd, Benjamin - 2020
This paper uses new data from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its partners, including the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to track the importance of trade within global value chains in East Asia and Latin America. The analysis shows that while value chain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290995
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The impact of policy measures on trade in services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Trachtenberg, Danielle - 2021
different types of policy measures on services exports and imports, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. It finds … that market-entry measures are important to both total services exports and imports in the region and bilateral trade flows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604892
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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
. The paper's estimates suggest that a realistic implementation of TFA measures could reduce time in customs for imports by … reduction tariff Ad-Valorem Equivalent (AVE) in the range 3.5%-7% for imports and 8% extra growth of exports. The large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014343621