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Russia's European Economic Integration: Escapism and Realities

Hamilton, Carl B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Both Russia and the EU are undertaking significant changes in foreign trade relations. Russia seeks WTO accession and … relationship can EU and Russia develop? The Paper analyses the asymmetric trade structure, the unstable and confused trade relation …, as well as both form and content of EU’s and Russia’s options for the future. Conclusions are e.g. that (i) present EU …

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Regulated Efficiency, World Trade Organization Accession and the Motor Vehicle Sector in China

Francois, Joseph; Spinanger, Dean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper is concerned with the interaction of regulated efficiency and World Trade Organization (WTO) accession and its impact on China’s motor vehicle sector. The analysis is conducted using a 23-sector/25-region computable general equilibrium model. Regulatory reform and internal...

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Will Trade Liberalization Harm the Environment? The Case of Indonesia 2020

Anderson, Kym; Strutt, Anna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Most-favoured-nation (MFN) trade liberalizations will always improve global economic welfare provided globally optimal environmental, and other, policies are in place. But since the latter proviso is not met in practice, empirical studies of the environmental and resource depletion effects of...

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Commercial Links Between Western Europe and East Asia: Retrospect and Prospects

Anderson, Kym; Francois, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

East Asia has rapidly become the third centre of gravity for global economic activity. North America is relatively well integrated with East Asia, but Europe is not. This paper explores the extent to which economic growth and trade policy developments over the next decade or so will strengthen...

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Estimates of Bilateral Trade Elasticities and Their Implications for the Modelling of `1992'

Brenton, Paul; Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

In this paper we use detailed trade and production data and a theoretically consistent model of demand - the Almost Ideal Demand System - to estimate bilateral trade elasticities, the key parameters required for quantification of the effects of the `1992' programme. Initial results for 70 West...

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European Trade and Welfare after `1992'

Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

This paper reviews estimates of the effects of `1992' on international trade and welfare, and the policy implications of those estimates. It surveys earlier research starting with the Cecchini Report of 1988 and then summarizes some new results based on general equilibrium modelling with...

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Who Profits from Trade Facilitation Initiatives?

Hoekman, Bernard; Shepherd, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Extensive research has demonstrated the existence of large potential welfare gains from trade facilitation—measures to reduce the overall costs of the international movement of goods. From an equity perspective an important question is how those benefits are distributed across and within...

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Asia-Pacific Food Markets and Trade in 2005: A Global, Economy-wide Perspective

Anderson, Kym; Dimaranan, Betina; Hertel, Thomas W; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

Rapid industrialization in East Asia, particularly China, is raising questions about who will feed the region in the next century and how Asia will pay for its food imports. The paper addresses this question by first reviewing existing food sector projections and then taking an economy-wide...

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Estimating effects of price-distorting policies using alternative distortions databases

Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will; van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper addresses three questions relating to the very extensive use of the GTAP global trade protection database: Are there additional price-distorting policy instruments worthy of inclusion in the base year? What is the appropriate counterfactual set of price distortions in the year of...

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Trade Theory with Numbers: Quantifying the Consequences of Globalization

Costinot, Arnaud; Rodriguez-Clare, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We review a recent body of theoretical work that aims to put numbers on the consequences of globalization. A unifying theme of our survey is methodological. We rely on gravity models and demonstrate how they can be used for counterfactual analysis. We highlight how various economic...

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