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Has the multilateral Hong Kong Ministerial decision on duty free quota free market access provided a breakthrough in the Least developed countries' export performance?
Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm; Priyadarshi, Shishir - 2016 - Manuscript date: July 2016
This paper assesses the impact of the 2005 multilateral Hong Kong Ministerial decision on duty free quota free (DFQF) market access for products originating in Least developed countries (LDCs) on the latter's export performance. The analysis is conducted over a sample of 41 LDCs, with data...
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Unilateral Trade Liberalization and Hong Kong : Theory, History and Political Economy
Fung, K. C.; Wong, Kar-yiu; Wong, Richard Y.C - 2003
Hong Kong is often perceived to be a pure model of unilateral free trade. We argue here that in a era when services are internationally tradable and when Hong Kong has become mainly a service economy, this perception is not entirely true. Nonetheless, Hong Kong is basically able to fend off the...
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Competitive pressure and technology adoption : evidence from a policy reform in Western Canada
Ferguson, Shon; Olfert, Rose - 2013
We measure the impact of the removal of a railway transportation subsidy on the adoption of technology for Western Canadian farms, using a unique combination of Census and freight rate data. We exploit the large regional variation in these one-time freight rate increases in order to identify...
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Preferences, rent destruction and multilateral liberalisation : the building block effect of CUSFTA
Ketterer, Tobias; Bernhofen, Daniel M.; Milner, Chris - 2012
the data. Exploring the determinants of Canada's tariff cuts at the 8 digit HS product level, we find that CUSFTA acted as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665362
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The local impacts of agricultural subsidies : evidence from the Canadian Prairies
Bollman, Ray D.; Ferguson, Shon - 2016
We estimate the impact of the removal of a railway transportation subsidy on the local economies of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, exploiting the large regional variation in these one-time freight rate increases. We find that higher freight rates - and hence lower farm gate prices -...
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Preferences, Rent Destruction and Multilateral Liberalisation : The Building Block Effect of CUSFTA
Ketterer, Tobias - 2012
the data. Exploring the determinants of Canada‘s tariff cuts at the 8 digit HS product level, we find that CUSFTA acted as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098332
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Auto Sector Impacts of a Canada-Japan Free Trade Agreement : A Market-Segment-Based Evaluation
Ciuriak, Dan - 2013
With the recent completion of a second Joint Study regarding a Canada-Japan Free Trade Agreement, and Canada's entry … liberalization with Asian economies gains renewed interest, in particular the implications for Canada's auto sector, which has been a … stumbling block in previous negotiations. This paper considers the implications of auto sector liberalization between Canada and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090378
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Accounting for the New Gains from Trade Liberalization
Hsieh, Chang-Tai - 2017
We measure the "new" gains from trade reaped by Canada as a result of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA). We … micro data and and that the "new" welfare effects of CUSFTA on Canada were negative …
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Putting Canada in the Penalty Box : Trade and Welfare Effects of Eliminating NAFTA
Baier, Scott L. - 2019
threat President Trump has made if the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is not passed by the U.S. Congress. We … the biggest loser; Canada is the biggest loser. Canada's welfare (per capita income) loss of 2.11 percent is nearly two …
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Opening Up New Trade Routes for Financial Services : Canada's Priorities
Schwanen, Daniel - 2016
The importance of services to Canada's economy is often lost in the discussion of how Canada can take advantage of … vital financial services sector. In order to determine the countries that Canada should target as realistic priorities in … attractiveness and the feasibility of concluding negotiations. We find that Canada's first priority, which exploits Canada …
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