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Fulfilling the promises of South Asian integration: A gravity estimation

Moinuddin, Mustafa - 2013

In all the regions of the contemporary world - including Asia - there is a growing trend in market consolidation through regional collaboration in the form of bilateral and regional trade agreements. Regional cooperation and integration can facilitate the way for expanding markets and creating...

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The expansion of intra-Asian trade : an analysis of structural patterns and determinants

Langhammer, Rolf J. - 1997

The paper analyses sectoral patterns of intra-Asian trade for selected Asian countries as well as for sub-regions within Asia. Beyond a general trend towards manufactures, it reveals remarkable differences in specialisation profiles between lagging South Asian countries still concentrating on...

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Fulfilling the promises of South Asian integration : a gravity estimation

Moinuddin, Mustafa - 2013

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India's trade with South and Central Asia : an application of institution-based augmented gravity model

Wani, Suadat Hussain; Yasmin, Effat - In: Future Business Journal 9 (2023), pp. 1-12

The present study investigates the effect of regional and bilateral trade agreements supported by institutional framework on bilateral trade between India and selected South and Central Asian countries. The augmented gravity model that corrects for zero trade, endogeneity and heterogeneity is...

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Free Trade Among South, East and South-East Asian Countries a Step towards Asian Integration

Ahmed, Shahid - 2015

This study investigates the potential trade flows between countries of South, East and South East Asian region as a result of tariff liberalization using the GTAP-model. The study reveals that tariff liberalization has positive effects on all country groupings of South, East and South East Asian...

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Multi Fibre Arrangement and Textile Industry in South Asia

Kar, Mausumi; Kar, Saibal - 2012

Withdrawal of Multi Fibre Arrangement affected the textile and clothing industries worldwide. This chapter studies impact of MFA phase-out on export growth for seven major Asian exporters between 1995 and 2005. We use constant market share analysis to reflect on the conditions of clothing and...

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Fulfilling the Promises of South Asian Integration : A Gravity Estimation

Moinuddin, Mustafa - 2013

This paper examines the determinants and trade effects of the South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA) using empirical methods. An empirical specification of the gravity model is developed to analyze the determinants of trade flows for the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)...

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The Imperfect Substitutes Model in South Asia : Pakistan-India Trade Liberalization in the Negative List

Gopalan, Sasidaran; Malik, Ammar A; Reinert, Kenneth A. - 2013

In a large number of circumstances, trade policy modelers turn to partial equilibrium modeling in an imperfect substitutes framework. This paper develops a formal representation of this imperfect substitutes model and applies it to trade liberalization within the negative list between Pakistan...

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Rules of Origin Under Regional Trade Agreements

Das, Ram Upendra - 2014

Rules of origin (ROO) have emerged as an area in which consensus is hard to achieve among negotiating countries within an RTA. Disagreements over rules of origin have often deferred the implementation of several trade agreements. One of the reasons for this is because ROO are viewed as those...

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Implications of WTO Accession for Insurance Sector of Laos

Lord, Montague J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

to the World Trade Organization (WTO). It provides a consolidated perspective about insurance services in Laos, with … particular reference to the impact of possible Government commitments to liberalizing the insurance industry as part of its WTO … (GATS) of the WTO. The implications of liberalization for the insurance industry are then considered and reforms supporting …

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