Search Results - subject:"Trade Patterns"

Changes in the Structure of Intra-Visegrad Trade after the Visegrad Countries’ Accession to the European Union

Richter, Sandor - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2012

After the EU accession of the Visegrad countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in 2004 one of the most remarkable developments was a sudden upturn in mutual trade of this region’s countries. In 2007 the value of aggregate intra-Visegrad trade was two and a half times...

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Labor market institutions, firm-specific skills and trade patterns

Tang, Heiwai - In: Journal of international economics 87 (2012) 2, pp. 337-351

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Understanding interstate trade patterns

Yilmazkuday, Hakan - In: Journal of international economics 86 (2012) 1, pp. 158-166

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Financial constraints and international trade patterns

Goksel, Turkmen - In: Economic modelling 29 (2012) 6, pp. 2222-2225

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The Baltic States' integration into the European division of labour

Laaser, Claus-Friedrich; Schrader, Klaus - 2004

The analysis of Baltic trade statistics and gravity estimates reveal that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have rapidly integrated into the international division of labour with a distinct EU focus. The Baltic States have taken a road towards the EU common market which pays particular attention to...

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The Importance of Being British? Imperial Factors and the Growth of British Exports, 1870-1960

Magee, Gary B. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 2004

Between 1870 and the 1950s British exports to the Empire and Commonwealth steadily grew in terms of volume and as a proportion of all exports. To many this reflected the non-market advantages Britain enjoyed there, advantages allegedly rooted in imperial rule and the inherent Britishness of...

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GEM; A New International Macroeconomic Model

Bayoumi, Tamim; Faruqee, Hamid; Laxton, Douglas; Karam, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

Over the past two years, the IMF staff has been developing a new multicountry macroeconomic model called the Global Economy Model (GEM). This paper explains why such a model is needed, how GEM differs from its predecessor model, and how the new features of the model can improve the IMFâ€™s...

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Measuring network effects on trade: are Japanese affiliates distinctive?

Greaney, Theresa M. - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2004

This paper examines network effects on trade by comparing the trade patterns of foreign affiliates in the United States … with the trade patterns of U.S.-owned firms. The evidence strongly supports the following hypotheses: 1) foreign affiliates … behave differently from U.S. firms in their trade patterns; 2) in particular, foreign affiliates display strong home biases …

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A New Look at Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows

Clark, Peter B.; Wei, Shang-Jin; Tamirisa, Natalia T.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

The effect of exchange rate volatility on trade flows was examined by a 1984 IMF study on G-7 countries. Over the past two decades, many developments in the world economy, such as the currency crises in the 1990s and increasing cross-border capital flows, may have exacerbated exchange rate...

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Will You Buy My Peg? the Credibility of a Fixed Exchange Rate Regime As a Determinant of Bilateral Trade

Jurzyk, Emilia Magdalena; Fritz-Krockow, Bernhard - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper examines the relationship between fixed exchange rate arrangements and trade using a gravity model of international trade together with bilateral trade data from 24 countries from the Caribbean and Latin America for the period 1960-2001. The analysis indicates that a credible fixed...

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