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ASEAN; A Chronicle of Shifting Trade Exposure and Regional Integration
Kalra, Sanjay - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
The paper characterizes trade exposure and regional integration in six ASEAN economies during 1997-2008. For this, the paper uses the 2000 Asian Input Output Tables which are extrapolated using National Income Accounts and COMTRADE data. On the demand side, the paper shows that the level and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533222
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Spillovers From Europe Into Morocco and Tunisia
Florea, Daniel; Toujas-Bernate, Joël; Bock, Reinout De - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper examines the economic and financial linkages between Morocco and Tunisia and their European partners. Using structural vector autoregressions, we find that growth shocks in European partner countries generate significant responses on growth in Morocco and Tunisia. For Tunisia, exports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727792
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How Has Nafta Affected the Mexican Economy? Review and Evidence
Kose, M. Ayhan; Towe, Christopher M.; Meredith, Guy - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of NAFTA on growth and business cycles in Mexico. The effect of the agreement in spurring a dramatic increase in trade and financial flows between Mexico and its NAFTA partners, and its impact on Mexican economic growth and business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599680
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Central America; Global Integration and Regional Cooperation
Rodlauer, Markus; Schipke, Alfred - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Central America has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. This paper examines—among other things—the macroeconomic and fiscal implications of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA-DR), noting that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252532
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The Dominican Republic; Stabilization, Structural Reform, and Economic Growth
Cardoso, Jaime; Young, Philip M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590873
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China's Economic Growth; International Spillovers
Vamvakidis, Athanasios; Arora, Vivek B. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper presents some facts on China’s role in the world economy and measures the impact of China’s growth on growth in the rest of the world in the short and long term. Short-run estimates based on VARs and error-correction models suggest that spillover effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560430
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Do Trading Partners Still Matter for Nigeria's Growth? A Contribution to the Debateon Decoupling and Spillovers
Obiora, Kingsley I. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
suggest there are still significant spillovers from Nigeria's main trading partners, including the US, with trade and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559275
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Growth in the Central and Eastern European Countries of the European Union
Abiad, Abdul; Mody, Ashoka; Schadler, Susan; Leigh, Daniel - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
The central challenges facing the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia as they work to catch up to advanced European Union (EU) income levels are discussed in this new book. Focusing on the region’s growth performance, and outlining two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767378
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Decoupling From the East toward the West? Analyses of Spillovers to the Baltic Countries
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This paper uses VAR models to examine the magnitude and sources of growth spillovers to the Baltics from key trading …-country spillovers to the Baltics with those from the EU outweighing spillovers from Russia. Shocks to the REER generally depress growth … of spillovers to the region which partly explains the realization of downside risks to the Baltics from the global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528644
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The Long-Run Effects of Tradeon Income and Income Growth
Brunner, Allan D. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper examines the dynamic relationship between trade and income. While most economists agree that increased trade leads to an increase in average income, economic theory is ambiguous about the possible effects on the long-run growth rate of the economy. Using a dynamic panel data model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769087