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Jordan and the European Union (EU). Particular emphasis is placed on the effects on consumer welfare. The EU-Jordan AA was … Jordan from the EU. Custom duties on agricultural goods and processed agricultural products are gradually and only partially … calibrated. Simulation results show that the implementation of the AA raises consumer welfare in Jordan and has positive effects …
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openness on economic growth? Taking Jordan as the case study, the main results of this paper are: 1) introducing reliable …
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This paper aims at assessing the effects on the Jordanian economy of the Association Agreement (AA) between Jordan and … the European Union (EU). Particular emphasis is placed on the effects on consumer welfare. The EU-Jordan AA was signed in … 1997 and entered into force in May 2002. It eliminates progressively tariffs on most industrial goods imported by Jordan …
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This paper analyses trade liberalisation policies and the impact of economic openness on agricultural development in a small, open economy. The paper reports on the effect of these policies on the following economic variables: 1) agricultural production; 2) income from agriculture; 3) domestic...
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This paper points out a number of problems associated with the existing pension system in Lithuania. Reforms are proposed, including (i) a substantial increase in the basic pension benefit rate, financed on a pay-as-you-go basis, provided universally, and regulated according to wage/price...
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This paper considers a sticky-price model with heterogeneous households and financial frictions. Financial frictions lead to imperfect risk-sharing among households with idiosyncratic labor incomes. I study implications of imperfect risk-sharing for optimal monetary policy by documenting its...
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