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The role of regulatory quality as one of the so-called deep determinants of growth has emerged as an important issue in economic research in the past 20 years. The positive or negative growth effects of a country´s regulatory framework are amplified by economic integration, which makes factors...
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Economic theory provides several arguments as to why institutions and economic integration determine economic growth through their impact on the diffusion of technology. The empirical evidence for a joint impact of institutions and integration is ambiguous and depends on finding adequate...
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While trade integration is often regarded as a principal determinant of economic growth, the empirical evidence for a causal linkage between trade and growth is ambiguous. This paper argues that the effect of trade in dynamic panel estimations depends crucially on the specification of trade....
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There have been ongoing discussions within the WTO Doha Round on Trade Facilitation and the wider Aid for Trade agenda to assist developing countries in reducing behind-the-border restrictions and to help them benefit from trade reform. Our paper contributes to this debate by analyzing the...
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A consistent finding in the literature is that anti-dumping (AD) acts as a significant barrier to bilateral trade, in particular, during the time such measures are in force. Adding to a relatively scarce empirical literature, however, we identify adverse impacts of AD which survive well beyond...
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This paper analyses the long-term impact of anti-dumping (AD) measures. In line with previous studies, we document a trade-destroying effect of AD measures on the imports from targeted countries while such measures are in force. However, in addition and new to this literature, we document a...
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