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Agriculture and Food Security in Asia by 2030

Anderson, Kym; Strutt, Anna - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012

ï»¿Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei,China from …

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Agriculture and Food Security in Asia by 2030

Anderson, Kym; Strutt, Anna - Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank - 2012

Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei,China from …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840222

Crude Oil Price Fluctuations and Saudi Arabian Behaviour

De Santis, Roberto A. - 2000

This study seeks to explain why crude oil prices fluctuate, the main cause being the quota regime, which characterises the OPEC agreements. Given that the Saudi oil supply is inelastic in the short term, a shock in the oil market is accommodated by an immediate price change. In contrast, a...

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Global Trade in Final Goods and Intermediate Inputs : Impact of FTAs and Reduced 'Border Effects'

Franco-Bedoya, Sebastian - 2020

International trade in manufacturing goods has risen strongly over the past decades, contributing to the expansion of global value chains (GVCs). This paper studies how two factors contributed to this rise since 1970: (i) declining “border effects” that are arguably related to the ICT...

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Global trade in final goods and intermediate inputs : impact of FTAs and reduced "border effects"

Franco-Bedoya, Sebastian; Frohm, Erik - 2020

International trade in manufacturing goods has risen strongly over the past decades, contributing to the expansion of global value chains (GVCs). This paper studies how two factors contributed to this rise since 1970: (i) declining "border effects" that are arguably related to the ICT revolution...

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Impact of the Free Trade Zone on Cigarette Consumption : An Examination of Indonesian Households

Rasyid, Mohtar - 2018

Objective – The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of the Free Trade Zone (‘FTZ') in the Riau Islands Province (Batam, Bintan and Karimun) on specific products, i.e. cigarettes.Methodology/Technique – To investigate the demand for cigarettes in the FTZ area, this study...

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Labor standards and social conditions in free trade zones : the case of the Manaus free trade zone

Cavalcanti Teixeira, Louisiana - 2020

The creation of the Manaus Free Trade Zone had a development purpose in the Brazilian political, economic and social scenario between 1960 and 1970. This industrial pole was an important device in achieving the desired development, populating a region considered deserted and exposed to external...

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Labor standards and social conditions in free trade zones : the case of the Manaus free trade zone

Cavalcanti Teixeira, Louisiana - 2019

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership : Evaluating the 'Landing Zone' for Negotiations

Ciuriak, Dan - 2015

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiation is searching for a “landing zone” – a set of compromises that will allow a deal to be concluded. We assess the potential impact of the TPP based on a “best guess” as to what the landing zone will look like, taking into account such...

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Private Labels and International Trade : Trading Variety for Volume

Blanchard, Emily J. - 2013

This paper explores the role of pooled-producer, e.g. private label, trade intermediation in shaping the range and diversity of exports. Direct sales maintain a firm's unique product characteristics (‘brand equity'), whereas trade through an intermediary can take two forms - either a...

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