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DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALISATION
Walkenhorst, Peter - EconWPA - 2004
A reduction of trade barriers will influence the overall scale of agricultural activities, the structure of agricultural production in different countries, the mix of inputs and outputs, the production technology, and the regulatory framework. These adjustments, in turn, will impact on the...
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Home-country Export Regulations, Credit Markets, and Corruption : Implications for Different Types of Internationalization
Audretsch, David B.; Belitski, Maksim; chowdhury, farzana; … - 2021
empirically investigate the direct and joint effects of export regulations, credit markets and corruption in explaining exporting … regulations partially affect exporting but do not affect OFDI. Access to financial resources can be critical in parts for both … interactions of corruption with export regulations and credit markets reveal some unexpected and counter-intuitive results …
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Great Powers and New Risks : What Businesses and Regulators Should Know about China’s Strategic Ambitions
Grant, Thomas D.; Kieff, F. Scott - 2021
essential to strategic competitiveness in the decades ahead. In service of China’s effort to acquire technology, MCF breaks down …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013251620
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Malaysia’s Export Market: Trends, Prospects and Challenges
Chandran V.G.R; Pandiyan, Veera; Madhavan, Karunagaran - EconWPA - 2004
This study examines the trends, prospects and challenges of Malaysia’s export market growth between 1990-2001 using the dynamic shift-share method. Two prevalent regional issues in the recent years that have been the concern of the policy makers in Malaysia have been investigated. First,...
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Competition and the location of overseas assembly
Swenson, Deborah (contributor) - 2006
How does international competition affect overseas outsourcing? While it is commonly believed that international competition enables firms to desert high cost countries in favor of low wage locations, the frequency of such responses may be reduced if the movement of outsourcing activities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728014
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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
Almeida, Rita; Fernandes, Ana Margarida - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Our findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological...
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How Outsourcing Affects Bilateral Political Relations
Polachek, Solomon W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment), thereby affecting political relations. However, at least as far back as 1750, economic philosophers such as Baron de Montesquieu in his L’Esprit des Lois, argued, “peace is...
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Oligopoly and Outsourcing
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Wall, Howard J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
outsourcing. Further, if export subsidies are not possible due to WTO regulations, it is optimal to subsidize rather than to tax …
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Economic Development in China and Its Implications for East Asia
Plummer, Michael G.; Lee, Chung H. - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824183
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National Security or Private Profits? Trade in Dual-Use Commodities
Konan, Denise Eby; Tabatchnaia-Tamirisa, Natalia - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 1996
This paper develops a simple model of imperfectly competitive trade in commodities with both military and civilian applications, a.k.a. dual-use commodities. We consider the role of export barriers and foreign economic aid in encouraging peaceful rather than military application of dual-use...
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