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sector, as well both measuring barriers to trade and investment (generally with a mix of firm surveys, price comparisons, and … are highlighted. The first is identification of how trade in services takes place and how market access is therefore …
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productivity, which can be attributed to India's trade liberalization and FDI reforms …Recent trade theory emphasizes the role of market-share reallocations across firms ( "stealing" ) in driving … important role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However …
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While there is considerable empirical evidence on the impact of liberalizing trade in goods, the effects of services …
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investment (FDI) to local firms stem from persistent learning externalities (i.e., they endure even after foreign investment … growth declining when FDI falls, particularly in downstream industries supplied by locals. This suggests that if FDI …-attracting policies are intended to promote sustainable growth, it may be more effective to attract and retain FDI via long …
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incorporate modern trade theory to assess the gender implications of trade reform. Given that the Dixit-Stiglitz framework results …
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Since the mid-1990s, Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced unprecedented levels of high economic growth. A key question follows: What accounts for the turnaround of the growth performance in the mid-1990s? The answer can provide insight into whether the recent growth spurt in Sub-Saharan Africa is...
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estimates from traditional computable general equilibrium models, which focus on goods trade, not foreign direct investment in …
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The authors investigate how institutions affect productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) to China …'s "special characteristics" : (1) the different sources of FDI, where FDI is nearly evenly divided between mostly Organization … tax holidays to foreign direct investment. The authors also explore how productivity spillovers from FDI changed with …
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investment (FDI) firms. An exogenous EU trade policy shock is shown to cause some FDI firms in Bangladesh to expand, which led to …Trade liberalizations have been shown to improve domestic firms' performance through the new varieties of imported … better performance of the domestic firms that shared their suppliers. Overall, the shared supplier spillovers of FDI explain …
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Armenia of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union, as well as further regional or multilateral … trade policy commitments. The analysis finds that such an agreement with the European Union will likely result in … sources of the gains are: (i) trade facilitation and reduction in border costs; (ii) services liberalization; and (iii …
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