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This paper uses a general equilibrium trade framework to estimate the contribution of transport infrastructure to regional development. I apply the analysis to India, a country with a notoriously weak and congested transportation infrastructure. I first analyze the development effects of a...
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possible negative effect on the welfare in the short run, barriers for the export of natural luxury goods may be beneficial for …
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The weak global GDP growth since the financial crisis in 2007-2009 has coincided with unusually weak growth in global … more harmful than tariff trade barriers. In particular, technical trade barriers and other administrative costs that export … beginning of the financial crisis. Both initiated and introduced technical trade barriers have since remained at high levels. At …
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We build upon new developments in the international trade literature to isolate and quantify the long-run economic impacts of tariff changes on the United States and the global economy. In particular, we apply the most recent data and trade elasticity estimates to the Ricardian model of Caliendo...
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European Union encourage the transition from a rentier economy to one of export-led growth? This paper uses a dynamic …
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This paper examines the implications of cross-border component sourcing and production networks for trade competitiveness and welfare. Offshore sourcing of components in which it has comparative disadvantage, enables a country to enhance its comparative advantage in the final product. This...
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sectors. Findings in the case of the pooled panel indicate the validity of the export-led growth hypothesis. Disaggregated … evidences, on the other hand, reveal the validity of export-led growth hypothesis in the case of (i) agriculture and forestry … provide a strong support in favor of an export-led growth hypothesis for four sectors in addition to the feedback hypothesis …
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While trade integration is often regarded as a principal determinant of economic growth, the empirical evidence for a causal linkage between trade and growth is ambiguous. This paper argues that the effect of trade in dynamic panel estimations depends crucially on the specification of trade....
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This paper examines whether European integration, manifesting itself in increased trade and FDI linkages, new specializations and economic policy coordination, contributed to the synchronization of business cycles in the enlarged EU. We estimate the effects on bilateral growth rate correlations...
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Am 12. Juni 1994 wurde in Österreich im Rahmen einer Volksabstimmung über einen möglichen Beitritt des Landes zur Europäischen Union (EU) abgestimmt. 66,6% der Bevölkerung haben sich für einen Beitritt ausgesprochen und am 1. Jänner 1995 ist Österreich der EU beigetreten. Das 25 Jahr...
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