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Making foreign direct investment work for Sub-Saharan Africa : local spillovers and competitiveness in global value chains
Farole, Thomas - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393981
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The labor market effects of foreign-owned firms
Almeida, Rita - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523034
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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394120
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Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ?
Wagstaff, Adam - 2005
"The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan …. On the delivery side, too, Japan and the Tigers offer some interesting lessons. Singapore's experience with corporatizing … with regulated prices to uninsured services with unregulated prices. Japan, in its approach to rate-setting for insured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522410
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Beyond the information technology agreement : harmonization of standards and trade in electronics
Portugal-Pérez, Alberto - 2009
"Product standards can have a dual impact on production and trade costs. Standards may impose additional costs on exporters as it may be necessary to adapt products for specific markets (cost-effect). In contrast, standards can reduce exporters' information costs if they convey information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394210
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Does regionalism affect trade liberalization toward non-members ?
Estevadeordal, Antoni - 2008
"This paper examines the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on applied most-favored nation tariffs and bilateral preferences for ten Latin American countries from 1990 to 2001. The findings show that preferential tariff reduction in a given sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521008
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Regionalism in standards : good or bad for trade?
Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang - 2004
"Regional agreements on standards have been largely ignored by economists and unconditionally blessed by multilateral trade rules. Chen and Mattoo find, theoretically and empirically, that such agreements increase trade between participating countries but not necessarily with the rest of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522877
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Trade policy analysis in the presence of duty drawbacks
Ianchovichina, Elena - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523022
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Morocco : industrial incentives and export promotion
Balassa, Bela A. (contributor) - 1984
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000561892
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Border management modernization
McLinden, Gerard (contributor) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393571