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Productivity Matters for Trade Policy : Theory and Evidence

Karacaovali, Baybars - 2016

) estimates obtained at the firm level for Colombia between 1983 and 1998, and finds that more productive sectors receive more …

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Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization

Francois, Joseph F.; Hoekman, Bernard M.; Manchin, Miriam - 2005

Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing country support for multilateral liberalization. The authors examine the actual scope for preference...

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CGE Models for the Analysis of Trade Policy in Developing Countries

de Melo, Jaime - 2017

The use of computable general equilibrium (CGE) simulation models for policy analysis has become widespread. However, such techniques are not well suited to economywide analysis in developing countries. Instead, simulation models relying on "borrowed" parameter estimates have been used for a...

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Implications of WTO Agreements and Unilateral Trade Policy Reforms for Poverty in Bangladesh : Short Versus Long-Run Impacts

Annabi, Nabil - 2016

The authors examine the effects of WTO agreements and domestic trade policy reforms on production, welfare, and poverty in Bangladesh. They use a sequential dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, which takes into account accumulation effects, allowing for long-run analysis. The...

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The Poverty Impacts of the Doha Round in Cameroon : The Role of Tax Policy

Emini, Christian Arnault; Cockburn, John; Decaluwé, Bernard - 2005

The aim of this paper is to assess the possible impacts of the Doha Round of negotiations on poverty in Cameroon. During the recent period of economic recovery, Cameroon has enjoyed a sharp decline in poverty with the headcount index falling from 53.3 percent of inhabitants in 1996 to 40.2...

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Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam

Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin - 2016

This paper analyzes the impact of trade reforms on household welfare. In particular, it studies the importance of each of the links that together constitute the impact using data from the Vietnamese experience in the 1990s. The implementation of trade reforms in the 1990s, most noteworthy of...

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Some Simple Analytics of Trade and Labor Mobility

Artuc, Erhan - 2018

This paper studies a simple, tractable model of labor adjustment in a trade model that allows researchers to analyze the economy's dynamic response to trade liberalization. Since it is a neoclassical market-clearing model, duality techniques can be employed to study the equilibrium and, despite...

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Increase in Protectionism and its Impact on Sri Lanka's Performance in Global Markets

Kamiński, Bartłomiej - 2017

Sri Lanka's external performance defies global trends on two counts. First, the level of openness as measured by the ratio of trade in goods and services, after a strong increase in 1987-95 and stagnation in 1996-2004, sharply fell in 2005-10 to the levels experienced during the era of import...

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Trade Policy Barriers : An Obstacle to Export Diversification in Eurasia

Cusolito, Ana P. - 2017

Despite trade liberalization efforts made by Eurasian countries, the export structure of the region shows significant levels of concentration across export destinations. To shed light on this observation, this research analyzes trade policy barriers in Eurasia, East Asia and the Pacific, and the...

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Learning from Developing Country Power Market Experiences : The Case of Colombia

Rudnick, Hugh - 2019

successful in providing reliable supply along competitive outcomes. This paper analyzes the experience of Colombia with power … persist regarding market power exercise. The experience of Colombia is important for other developing countries, since it … outcomes, and sustainability. Although key local hydrological conditions were considered in the design of Colombia's capacity …

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