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The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India

Aghion, Philippe; Burgess, Robin; Redding, Stephen; … - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2007

We study whether the effects on registered manufacturing output of dismantling the License Raj – a system of central controls regulating entry and production activity in this sector – vary across Indian states with different labor market regulations. The effects are found to be unequal...

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Growth and structural reforms: A new assessment

Christiansen, Lone; Schindler, Martin; Tressel, Thierry - In: Journal of International Economics 89 (2013) 2, pp. 347-356

relationship between capital account liberalization and economic growth. Moreover, the effect of domestic financial reforms on …

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Tariff liberalization and trade specialization: Lessons from India

Alessandrini, Michele; Fattouh, Bassam; Ferrarini, Benno; … - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 39 (2011) 4, pp. 499-513

trade liberalization on the evolution of India’s pattern of trade specialization. Industries where import tariffs have been … reduced the most have experienced the highest increase in specialization. Moreover, trade liberalization has helped India … enjoying the most robust growth in global demand. Liberalization policies have been instrumental in enhancing the international …

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The role of ideological change in India's economic liberalization

Adhia, Nimish - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 44 (2013) C, pp. 103-111

The paper describes the role of ideological change in India's economic liberalization and provides evidence for it …

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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments: Insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs

Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World … - 2014

To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...

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African agency and EU- African Economic Partnership Agreements

Kohnert, Dirk - 2014

This article provides a review of literature on African Agency and the drivers of change within EU–African trade politics in negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and African governments.

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Trade Liberalization and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Indian Census

Azam, Mehtabul - 2022

introduced by the 1991 trade liberalization to examine the impact of liberalization on human capital accumulation measured by … school before and after liberalization to implement cohort wise difference-in-difference strategy. We also construct a …-in-difference estimate by looking at the pre and post liberalization outcomes. We find that once we allow for the differential state policies …

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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)

Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014

Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...

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The WTO and the Doha Round: Walking on Two Legs

Hoekman, Bernard - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 68, pp. 1-6

liberalization of trade in services, and launch a dialogue on domestic economic policies that can create negative spillover effects …

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International Coercion, Emulation and Policy Diffusion: Market-Oriented Infrastructure Reforms, 1977-1999

Henisz, Witold J.; Zelner, Bennet A.; Guillen, Mauro F. - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2004

Why do some countries adopt market-oriented reforms such as deregulation, privatization and liberalization of …

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