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Trade Policy Uncertainty and Exports: Evidence from China's WTO Accession
Feng, Ling; Li, Zhiyuan; Swenson, Deborah L. - CESifo - 2014
To understand the effects of trade policy uncertainty on firm-level export decisions, we study firm-product data on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765496
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Lock, Stock, and Barrel: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Determinants of Terror
Gassebner, Martin; Luechinger, Simon - CESifo - 2011
We assess the robustness of previous findings on the determinants of terrorism. Using extreme bound analysis, the three most comprehensive terrorism datasets, and focusing on the three most commonly analyzed aspects of terrorist activity, i.e., location, victim, and perpetrator, we re-assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278127
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Predicting violence within genocides: meso-level evidence from Rwanda
McDoom, Omar Shahabudin - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Can we predict when and where violence will break out within cases of genocide? Given often weak political will to respond, knowing where to strategically prioritize limited resources is valuable information for international decision makers contemplating intervention. I develop a theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744989
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When the claim hits: bilateral investment treaties and bounded rational learning
Poulsen, Lauge N. Skovgaard; Aisbett, Emma - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
Using the international investment regime as its point of departure, the paper applies notions of bounded rationality to the study of economic diplomacy. Through a multi-method approach, it shows that developing countries often ignored the risks of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) until they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745595
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Can and Should the EU's Eastern Partnership be Saved?
Gylfason, Thorvaldur; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; … - CESifo - 2014
model to estimate the effects of deep and shallow free trade agreements for the Eastern Partnership states with Russia and … significantly from free trade agreements with the EU, but gain little if anything from free trade agreements with Russia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877942
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The roles of import competition and export opportunities for technical change
Steinwender, Claudia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
A variety of empirical and theoretical trade papers have suggested and documented a positive impact of trade on the … productivity of firms. However, there is less consensus about the underlying mechanism at work. While trade papers focus on access … competition from abroad. The latter finding is at odds with most trade models, so I propose a model incorporating non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011198538
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BACI: International Trade Database at the Product-Level. The 1994-2007 Version
Gaulier, Guillaume; Zignago, Soledad - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2010
This paper documents the construction of BACI, our international trade database, which covers more than 200 countries … analysis. These measures of the reliability of reported data are used as weights in the reconciliation of each bilateral trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676060
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The Impact of Trade Preferences on Multilateral Tariff Cuts: Evidence for Japan
Ketterer, Tobias; Bernhofen, Daniel M.; Milner, Chris - CESifo - 2014
Opposing theoretical predictions on the effects of trade preferences on multilateral tariff cuts point to the need for … empirical analysis to determine whether preferential trade agreements promote or hinder multilateral trade liberalization. This … paper examines the impact of Japan’s trade preferences on its multi-lateral tariff reductions. Using detailed product level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764281
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The auto-component supply chain in China and India: a benchmark study
Sutton, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which Chinese and Indian autocomponent producers have advanced towards international best practice levels of productivity and quality. The report is based on a survey of nine car manufacturers in China and six in India; a range of general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745200
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The 'emulator effect' of the Uruguay round on US regionalism
Fugazza, Marco; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
regional trade agreements involving the US. We exploit the variation in the frequency with which the US has granted immediate … duty free access (IDA) to its Free Trade Area partners across tariff lines. A key finding is that the US has granted IDA … Uruguay Round (multilateral) ‘concessions’ have emulated subsequent (preferential) trade liberalisation. We conclude from this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746153