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The impact of trade liberalization on the Mexican automobile industry: evidence from the first 20 years of NAFTA
López Noria, Gabriela - 2021
This paper examines the impact of trade liberalization under NAFTA on the productivity of the Mexican automobile … liberalization and productivity for medium size establishments, but not for small or large establishments. This finding is consistent … with that of other authors, who find that trade liberalization results in higher productivity for some firms, but not for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597648
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Trade, Reform, and Structural Transformation in South Korea
Betts, Caroline - 2016
1963 through 2000. The model features Armington trade, import tariffs, and export subsidies. Tariff liberalization … liberalization lowers exports and trade, especially industrial exports, attenuating industrialization. These effects of policy reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987083
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Trade, Reform, and Structural Transformation in South Korea
Betts, Caroline - 2013
subsidies and lump sum government transfers of net tariff revenue. We calibrate our economy to data on South Korea and the OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077132
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On the Link between Trade Liberalization and Firm Productivity : Panel Data Evidence from Private Firms in Ghana
Hoedoafia, Mabel - 2020
The private sector is deemed as an engine of growth. As such, many developing countries including Ghana have sought to develop the private sector to propel the growth of their economies. This notwithstanding, much has not been done to examine the effects of such efforts on the productivity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838174
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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
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426539
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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 paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430680
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Afghanistan's WTO accession : costs, benefits and post-accession challenges
Mobariz, Ahmad Shah - 2015
The paper undertakes a cost-benefit analysis of Afghanistan's accession to the WTO while attempting to shed light on the post-WTO accession challenges. For our empirical analysis we have applied the WITS/SMART model to assess the implication of the WTO membership. A cut in tariffs is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496206
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Revisiting the relationship between trade liberalization and taxation
Arezki, Rabah; Dama, Alou Adessé; Graziosi, Grégoire Rota - 2021
This paper explores the dynamic effects of trade liberalization on tax revenue using a worldwide panel dataset. Results … point to statistically significant negative effect of liberalization on (non- resource) tax revenues in the short term and … no significant effect in the medium term. Liberalization also alter the tax structure tilting revenues toward indirect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603019
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The GATS turns ten : a preliminary stocktaking
Adlung, Rudolf - 2004 - Manuscript date: August 2004
The paper discusses the experience to date with the implementation and application of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), some ten years after its entry into force. One striking observation is the smooth functioning of the Agreement, which has created far less tensions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010205560
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Developing countries in the WTO services negotiations
Marchetti, Juan A. - 2004 - Manuscript date: September 2004
essential role of services for economic development; the high costs imposed by trade protection; the benefits of liberalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010205561