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Uncertainty, Optimal Specialization and Growth
Di Maio, Michele - 2007
previous periods returns, incomplete specialization is optimal. We also demonstrate that, in this case, the decentralized … solution is characterized by an inefficiently high level of specialization with respect to the social optimal one. Finally, we … adopt the optimal specialization strategy, i.e. the one that maximizes the country growth rate …
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A General Equilibrium Model of Bilateral Trade with Strategic Public Investment in Commercial Infrastructure
Yen, Meng-Fen - 2019
We explore how public investment in commercial infrastructure affects the composition of trade between countries. To this end, we develop a model of bilateral trade in which two countries produce, consume, and trade a continuum of goods. Goods are produced by a single homogeneous factor, labor,...
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Modelling Economic Effects of Reducing Non-Tariff Measures in the Food Processing Sector of Malaysia Using Computable General Equilibrium
Siew Hoon, Vickie Yew; Al-Amin, Abul Quasem; Devadason, … - 2019
The import intensive food processing sector in Malaysia is highly regulated with non-tariff measures (NTMs) from the import side. However, the ad-valorem equivalents (AVEs) of those NTMs vary substantially across the sub-sectors of food processing. To assess the trade costs or plausible...
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Putting Things in Order : Patterns of Trade Dynamics and Macroeconomics
Rose, Andrew Kenan; Feenstra, Robert C. - 1997
We develop a procedure to rank-order countries and commodities using dis-aggregated American imports data. We find strong evidence that both countries and commodities can be ranked, consistent with the "product cycle" hypothesis. Countries habitually begin to export goods to the United States...
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Taxonomy for Measurement of Firm-Level Export Performance
Chugan, Pawan K.; Singh, Shivangi - 2014
Exporting is crucial to a country’s trade performance in terms of increasing its foreign exchange reserves and improving the terms of trade. At the firm-level too, exporting serves significant purpose by enhancing sustainability, profitability, and competitive position of firms in long-run....
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Technology and costs in international competitiveness : from countries and sectors to firms
Dosi, Giovanni; Grazzi, Marco; Moschella, Daniele - 2014
This paper examines the determinants of international competitiveness at the level of sectors and firms. First, we address the relation between cost-related and technological competition in a sample of fifteen OECD countries. Results suggest that the countries' sectoral market shares are indeed...
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Closing the gap between absolute and relative measures of localization, concentration or specialization
Bickenbach, Frank; Bode, Eckhardt; Krieger-Boden, Christiane - 2010
localization can be expressed in terms of absolute and relative concentration and specialization measures. This helps understand … artifact inherited from the characteristics of industry classifications. -- Localization ; Concentration ; Specialization …
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El Comercio Intraindustrial En La Relación México-Canadá (Intra-Industry Trade in the Relationship México-Canada)
Ruiz Ceseña, Francisco - 2014
Spanish Abstract: El presente estudio es producto del trabajo de investigación que se realizó durante el año 2012 dentro del Taller de Investigación Comercial, Aduanera y Observatorio de Negocios de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. El objetivo de este trabajo es constrastar...
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Chapter 66 The Measurement of Productivity for Nations
Diewert, W. Erwin; Nakamura, Alice O. - In: Handbook of econometrics : volume 6A, (pp. 4501-4586). 2007
This chapter covers the theory and methods for productivity measurement for nations. Labor, multifactor and total factor productivity measures are defined and are related to each other and to gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Their growth over time and relative counterparts are defined as...
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Centrality bias in inter-city trade
Mori, Tomoya; Wrona, Jens - 2023
Large cities (central places) excessively export to smaller cities in their surrounding hinterland. Using Japanese inter-city trade data, we identify a substantial centrality bias: Shipments from central places to their hinterland are 50%-125% larger than predicted by gravity forces. This upward...
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