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We investigate the effect of economic sanctions on trade flows in countries sharing a border with sanctioned states …. According to trade models, sanctions are expected to reduce trade flows as they disrupt established trading routes and economic … costs as sanctions disrupt trade. Yet, case studies uncover heterogeneity in countries' responses, with some cases …
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trade restrictions, we provide further evidence on the indirect effects of sanctions. Analysing the impact on broader …In this paper, we use a novel firm level dataset for Germany to investigate the effect of sanctions on export behaviour … and performance of German firms. More specifically, we study the sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia in 2014 in …
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emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower …-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe and the US, empirical estimates indicated only a modest contribution of trade … the unequal impacts of trade can manifest along different margins. Recent evidence from countries across Europe and the US …
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of the British pound vis-a-vis the euro and led to considerable uncertainty about future trade relations between the UK …
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declared by its trading partners in official trade statistics for the period 1994-2021 and discusses it in the context of the … larger. We construct a panel dataset to estimate a gravity model of the gap including market size, extent of trade, level of …
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We study the 420 US drone strikes in Pakistan from 2006-2016, isolating causal effects on terrorism, anti-US sentiment, and radicalization via an instrumental variable strategy based on wind. Drone strikes are suggested to encourage terrorism in Pakistan, bearing responsibility for 16 percent of...
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This paper investigates the impact of agricultural trade liberalization on economic activity and political violence in … emerging countries. We use data on all Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) signed between 25 low- and middle-income countries … and their high-income trade partners between 1995 and 2013. We exploit the implied reduction in agricultural tariffs over …
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At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared peace is the natural effect of trade, a number of economists and … political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources wisely to produce one …. Specialization based on comparative advantage leads to gains from trade. If political conflict leads to a diminution of trade, then …
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To address security concerns, governments often implement trade barriers and restrictions on the movement of goods and …
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At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared "peace is the natural effect of trade," a number of economists … and political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources wisely to …. Specialization based on comparative advantage leads to gains from trade. If political conflict leads to a diminution of trade, then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233897