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Similarity of income distributions and the extensive and intensive margin of bilateral trade flows
Bernasconi, Claudia - 2013
This paper investigates empirically how similarity of demand structures - approximated by similarity of income distributions - affects trade patterns along both the extensive and intensive margin. The idea that similarity of demand structures intensifies trade goes back to the well-known Linder...
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Revisiting the sectoral Linder hypothesis : aggregation bias or fixed costs?
Kruse, Hendrik W. - 2016
This paper reassesses and revisits the Sectoral Linder Hypothesis due to Hallak (2010), according to which similar tastes for quality lead to more intensive trade between similar countries. First, it will be shown that allowing for strictly non-homothetic preferences reduces confoundedness and...
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What effects could global value chain and digital infrastructure development policies have on poverty and inequality after COVID-19?
Del Carpio, Ximena V.; Cuesta, José; Kugler, Maurice; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 2, pp. 1-29
It is clear that in the transition out of the COVID-19 crisis in Colombia there will be great need for formal job creation. One source that has been widely discussed in policy circles is strengthening linkages of Colombian firms with Global Value Chains (GVCs). Another source that has received...
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ADB Distinguished Speakers Program : Poverty and Redistribution in Emerging Economies
Mirrlees, James A. - 2012
This presentation is about poverty and redistribution in emerging economics. It was prepared for the Asian Development Bank’s Distinguished Speakers Program held on 25 October 2011 at the ADB Headquarters. Various types of poverty alleviation programs are discussed, and the central role of...
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Import shock and local labour market outcomes : a Sino-Indian case study
Shi, Feiyang - 2022
, the import competition from China did not have a significant impact on the Indian district average wages. However, it did … consumption, age, gender, occupation and industrial groups. The results confirm that the effect of import shock is not uniformly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173164
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World-trade growth accounting
Egger, Peter; Nigai, Sergey K. - 2016 - This draft: March 2016
We undertake a trade-growth accounting exercise by decomposing data on changes in bilateral international trade flows into their direct (endowment accumulation, productivity growth, changes in trade costs, changing preferences) and indirect components (general equilibrium effects). Furthermore,...
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Global Value Chains : benefiting the domestic economy?
Kummritz, Victor - 2015
Global Value Chains (GVCs) have become a central topic in trade and development policy but little is known about their actual impact on economic performance because data availability has been limited. Using a new unique set of Inter- Country Input-Output tables with extensive country coverage, I...
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The macro-economic impact of cross-border ecommerce in the EU
Francois, Joseph F.; Martens, Bertin; Yang, Fan - 2014
consumption: cross-border trade costs. We use data on cross-border e-commerce between EU Member States to estimate the implied … cross-border trade cost reduction when consumers move from offline to online consumption. We plug this trade cost estimate …. We find that cross-border e-commerce increases real household consumption. However, the domestic spill-over effect …
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Network analysis for the improvement of food safety in the international honey trade
Popp, József; Kiss, Anna; Oláh, Judit; Máté, Domicián - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 20 (2018) 47, pp. 84-98
Honey, this relatively homogenous, hard to trace product, characterised by considerable international price differences, and often regulated by high tariff barriers, lends itself to economically motivated product adulteration. The adulteration of honey can undermine confidence in products as...
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GVCs and centrality : mapping key hubs, spokes and the periphery
Criscuolo, Chiara; Timmis, Jonathan - 2018
This paper uses “centrality” metrics to reflect position with Global Value Chains (GVCs). Central sectors reflect those that are highly connected (both directly and indirectly) and influential within globalproduction networks, whereas peripheral sectors exhibit weak linkages and are less...
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