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Trade restrictions and economic development : a study of the effectiveness of trade barriers
Monadjemi, Mehdi S.; Lodewijks, John Kees - In: Expert journal of economics 8 (2020) 1, pp. 18-23
Countries pass through different stages of structural transformation. In the early stage of development, economic activity is dominated by agriculture and mining. As a country develops, firms adopt new technology and move toward industrialization and faster economic growth. Eventually, the...
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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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Trade Openness and Volatility
di Giovanni, Julian; Levchenko, Andrei A. - 2006
This paper examines the mechanisms through which trade openness affects output volatility using an industry-level panel dataset of manufacturing production and trade. The main results are threefold. First, sectors more open to international trade are more volatile. Second, trade leads to...
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Measuring the world economy
Badinger, Harald - 2011
Over the last decades there has been a sizeable increase in trade and financial openness, triggered by current and capital account liberalization as well as improvements in transport and communication technologies. As a consequence, the importance of spillover effects is likely to have increased...
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A “SURE” Approach to Testing for Convergence in Regional Integrated areas: An Application to Output Convergence in Mercosur
Camarero, Mariam; G. Flôres, Renato - In: Journal of Economic Integration 23 (2008), pp. 1-23
In this paper we propose the use of a sequential multivariate approach to test for convergence. These tests allow us to … reconcile the time series literature with the cross-sectional dimension which is basic when testing for convergence in regional … unit root tests in two stages. First, we test for non-convergence without identifying the countries within the group that …
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Trade and growth under limited liberalization
Bakanova, Marina; Vinhas de Souza, Lúcio - 2002
This paper studies the connection between trade and growth in the context of a partial and inconsistent liberalization process in a specific Eastern European country in transition towards market economy, namely, the Republic of Belarus. The analysis of the country trade patterns during the USSR...
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Trade and Growth Under Limited Liberalization : The Case of Belarus
Bakanova, Marina; Vinhas de Souza, Lucio Vinhas - 2002
This paper studies the connection between trade and growth in the context of a partial and inconsistent liberalization process in a specific Eastern European country in transition towards market economy, namely, the Republic of Belarus. The analysis of the country trade patterns during the USSR...
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Where Did the Trade Liberalization Drive Latin American Economy : A Cross Section Analysis
Rajagopal, Dr - 2005
The institutional reforms towards trade liberalizations in Latin America during the 1980s and the 1990s have introduced a good measure of import competition, but trade policies alone are not sufficient to create a competitive environment in an economy. The countries in Latin America have not had...
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Vertical integration and patterns of divergence in European industries : a long-term input-output analysis
Ascione, Fabio; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2023
reduced convergence among European industries and related countries. To answer this question, we draw upon new input …-output linkages. According to our findings, higher vertical integration has fostered divergence rather than convergence within …
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South-South economic linkages : an overview
Jha, Shikha; McCawley, Peter - 2011
The nature of South-South international economic relations has changed significantly in recent decades, especially since the early 1990s. In areas such as trade, investment, labor markets, technology, and policy coordination, regional cooperation between countries of the South and pro-market...
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