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Although the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention has been signed by dozens of countries, only some of them enforce the laws against foreign bribery. To estimate whether the enforcement deters exports, we use a microfounded gravity model of bilateral trade flows of 132 countries. Our results imply that...
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Most projections envision continued rapid growth in the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN …
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This paper argues that the formation of regional integration frameworks can be best understood as a dominant state's attempt to create a preferred regional framework in which it can exercise exclusive influence. In this context, it is important to observe not only which countries are included in...
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Most projections envision continued rapid growth in the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN …
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under the Framework Agreement of ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA). Since tariffs have been reduced in the framework … development of cooperation and performance in trade facilitation for ASEAN and China and provides policy recommendations. Trade … facilitation cooperation is important as ASEAN and China are in the process to enhance regional trade flows through cooperation …
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Most projections envision continued rapid growth in the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN …
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This paper argues that the formation of regional integration frameworks can be best understood as a dominant state’s attempt to create a preferred regional framework in which it can exercise exclusive influence. In this context, it is important to observe not only which countries are included...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568343
Most projections envision continued rapid growth in the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN …
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In November 2012, the leaders of the ASEAN+6 countries agreed to launch a new FTA negotiation called the "Regional … Comprehensive Economic Partnership" (RCEP). In this paper, we conduct stocktaking studies of ASEAN's own FTA and five existing FTAs … with 6 dialogue partner countries, to identify the possible benefits and challenges of RCEP. We find that the five "ASEAN+1 …
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The aim of this paper is to evaluate the success of progressive services liberalization under the ASEAN China FTA … this analysis to the other ASEAN+1 FTA and RCEP negotiations, as well as the need to address GATS-minus commitments found …
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