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On the widely differing effects of free trade agreements : lessons from twenty years of trade integration
Baier, Scott L.; Yotov, Yoto V.; Zylkin, Thomas - 2016
We develop a novel two-stage methodology that allows us to study the empirical determinants of the ex post effects of past free trade agreements (FTAs) as well as obtain ex ante predictions for the effects of future FTAs. We first identify 908 unique estimates of the effects of FTAs on different...
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Transatlantic free trade : the view point of Germany
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Aichele, Rahel - 2014
The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have strong economic effects on Germany. In this paper, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469280
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Quantifying the extensive margin(s) of trade : the case of uneven European integration
Anderson, James E.; Yotov, Yoto - 2022
We propose a short-run theory of the extensive margins of trade, comprising the standard international extensive margin and a novel domestic extensive margin. The domestic extensive margin allows identification of globalization and specific policy effects not properly identified in previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285497
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This … addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements, particularly the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) and the General … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430680
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Trade liberalization and the gender employment gap in China
Wang, Feicheng; Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Zhou, Minghai - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment in China. Combining data from population and firm census waves over the period of 1990 to 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment by gender to the exposure to tariff...
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Trade Liberalization and the Gender Employment Gap in China
Wang, Feicheng; Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Zhou, Minghai - 2020
This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment in China. Combining data from population and firm censuses between 1990 and 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment by gender to the exposure to tariff reductions on locally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262295
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Trade liberalization and informality in Argentina: Exploring the adjustment mechanisms
Cruces, Guillermo; Porto, Guido G.; Viollaz, Mariana - In: Latin American Economic Review 27 (2018) 1, pp. 1-29
This paper studies the link between trade reforms and labor informality in Argentina using a long time series spanning the 1980-2001 period. We explore cross-section mechanisms, that operate at the industry level, and time-series mechanisms, that operate at a general equilibrium level. We argue...
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Complements or Substitutes? Preferential and Multilateral Trade Liberalization at the Sectoral Level
Ando, Mitsuyo; Estevadeordal, Antoni; Volpe Martincus, … - 2009
This paper explores the relationship between preferential and multilateral trade liberalization at the sectoral level using a unique dataset that includes data on most favored nation (MFN) and bilateral preferential tariffs at the 4-digit ISIC level for 11 Latin American countries over the...
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Advancing Global Trade: Pro Liberalisation and Development
Neary, Peter; S¡lesers, Ainars; Krubasik, Edward G.; … - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 2, pp. 52-67
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695731
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Trade liberalization and child mortality: A synthetic control method
Olper, Alessandro; Curzi, Daniele; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2017
We study the causal effect of trade liberalization on child mortality by exploiting 41 policy reform experiments in the 1960-2010 period. The Synthetic Control Method for comparative case studies allows to compare at the country level the trajectory of post-reform health outcomes of treated...
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