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Assessing the Impact of Ease of Doing Business and Corruption on Economic Growth for Africa Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) Member States

Bonga, Wellington Garikai - 2018

A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...

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Economic Partnership Agreements: Assessing Potential Implications from Some Alternative Scenarios

Raihan, Selim; Razzaque, Mohammad A; Laurent, Edwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

This paper has evaluated the possible effects of the Economic Partnership Agreement using a global general equilibrium modelling framework, namely the GTAP model. The latest version of the GTAP database (version 6.22) has been employed as a benchmark database. The study has explored the...

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A matching approach to study the impact of agoa on Sub-Saharan African countries

Cooke, Edgar F. A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The impact of the USA's agoa preferences on SSA countries is studied using a matching approach. The results indicate that agoa beneficiaries have exported less to the USA compared to their matched controls. However, this has not been the case for their exports to the EU which has seen a higher...

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Trade Agreements, Bargaining and Economic Growth

Maoz, Yishay; Peled, Dan; Sarid, Assaf - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Rebelo's two-sector endogenous growth model is embedded within a two-country international trade framework. The two countries bargain over a trade agreement that specifies: (i) the size of the foreign aid that the richer country gives to the poorer one; (ii) the terms of the international trade...

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The impact of the Bosman ruling on the market for native soccer players

Marcén, Miriam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper examines whether the Bosman ruling plays an important role in the market for native soccer players. Through the abolition of transfer fees after the expiration of contracts, as well as the liberalization of the migration of professional soccer players within the European Union, the...

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Output, renewable energy consumption and trade in Africa

Ben Jebli, Mehdi; Ben Youssef, Slim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

output in a sample of 11 African countries covering the period 1980-2008. The results from panel error correction model … positive impact on output. Policies recommendations are that, in the long-run, international trade enables African countries to …

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Wirtschaftliche Partnerschaftsabkommen (EPAs) der EU mit Afrika: Dominanz der EU Exportinteressen statt Partnerschaft auf Augenhöhe

Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

In view of the global run on African resources the EU is at pains to conclude Economic Partnership Programs with … African states up to October 2014. The EPAs are meant not just to liberalize trade but also to promote economic development in … Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double …

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The impact of trade preferences on exports of developing countries: the case of the AGOA and CBI preferences of the USA

Cooke, Edgar F A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

In this paper we study the impact of AGOA and CBTPA preferences on the African and Caribbean Basin beneficiaries …

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Eurasian Integration and Its Institutions : Possible Contributions to Security in Eurasia

Vinokurov, Evgeny; Libman, Alexander - 2017

The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...

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State Control and the Effects of Foreign Relations on Bilateral Trade

Davis, Christina - 2016

Can governments still use trade to reward and punish partner countries? While WTO rules and the pressures of globalization restrict states' capacity to manipulate trade policies, politicization of trade is likely to occur where governments intervene in markets. We examine state ownership of...

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