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Behaviour of Belgian firms in the context of globalisation : lessons from the conference on “International Trade : Threats and Opportunities in a Globalised World”
Dhyne, E.; Dresse, L.; Fuss, C.; Piette, Ch. - In: Economic Review (2011) I, pp. 73-88
The article summarises the main lessons of the Bank’s 2010 conference which focused on international trade and foreign … and foreign direct investment. Information technologies have a key role in the development of trade in services … market. Finally, the impact of globalisation on employment is analysed from various angles. In general, trade with low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357662
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Deep trade policy options for Armenia: The importance of trade facilitation, services and standards liberalization
Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or … multilateral trade policy commitments. The authors find that a DCFTA with the EU will likely result in substantial gains to Armenia … gains are: (i) trade facilitation and reduction in border costs; (ii) services liberalization; and (iii) standards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278224
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What determines whether preferential liberalization of barriers against foreign investors in services are beneficial or immizerising: Application to the case of Kenya
Balistreri, Edward J.; Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David - 2015
Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288146
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What determines whether preferential liberalization of barriers against foreign investors in services are beneficial or immizerising: Application to the case of Kenya
Balistreri, Edward J.; Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-42, pp. 1-134
Despite the fact that many modern preferential trade agreements include commitments to foreign investors in imperfectly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387739
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Deep trade policy options for Armenia: The importance of trade facilitation, services and standards liberalization
Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - In: Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012), pp. 1-54
impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or … multilateral trade policy commitments. They find that a DCFTA with the EU will likely result in substantial gains to Armenia, but … are: (i) trade facilitation and reduction in border costs; (ii) services liberalization; and (iii) standards harmonization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399411
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Deep trade policy options for Armenia: The importance of trade facilitation, services and standards liberalization
Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - 2011
impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or … multilateral trade policy commitments. The authors find that a DCFTA with the EU will likely result in substantial gains to Armenia … gains are: (i) trade facilitation and reduction in border costs; (ii) services liberalization; and (iii) standards …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306214
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Deep trade policy options for Armenia: The importance of trade facilitation, services and standards liberalization
Jensen, Jesper; Tarr, David G. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-1, pp. 1-54
impact on Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the EU, as well as further regional or … multilateral trade policy commitments. They find that a DCFTA with the EU will likely result in substantial gains to Armenia, but … are: (i) trade facilitation and reduction in border costs; (ii) services liberalization; and (iii) standards harmonization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307626
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Foreign Direct Investment and Exchange Rate Pass-through: Export Pricing Behaviors of Japanese Multinational Corporations
Yoshida, Yushi - Faculty of Economics, Kyushu Sangyo University - 2005
We examine the effect of foreign direct investment by exporters on a price of their exporting products. We propose several theoretical models of foreign direct investment for both vertical market structure and horizontal expansions of plants. The features of models considered include partial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766944
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Foreign Direct Investment and Exchange Rate Pass-through: Access to Foreign Markets
Yoshida, Yushi - Faculty of Economics, Kyushu Sangyo University - 2001
We examine the effects of foreign direct investment on exchange rate pass-through. By distinguishing the purpose of foreign direct investment, different hypothesis for production subsidiary and distribution subsidiary can be tested. We are able to find a clear evidence of “power-shift”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247976
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Foreign ownership and the export and import propensities of developing-country firms
Boddin, Dominik; Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2015
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership affects the likelihood of manufacturers in developing countries to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500595