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Sudanese inflation dramatically fell in 2000. But just prior to the sharp decline, an export ban was placed on Sudanese … export ban. It finds that livestock exports play a large economic role as an important source of income and as a store of … livestock exports. Therefore, unable to export livestock, farmers may have flooded the local market with meat, lowering food …
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This paper re-examines empirical exchange rate puzzles by focusing on three OECD economies (Australia, Canada, and New Zealand) where primary commodities constitute a significant share of their exports. For Australia and New Zealand especially, we find that the U.S. dollar price of their...
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Germany''s export market share increased since 2000, while most industrial countries experienced declines. This study …). An export model is estimated covering the period 1993-2005. The dominant factors explaining the increase in market share … are trade relationships with fast growing countries and regionalized production in the export sector. Improved cost …
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, structural factors are found to hamper competitiveness. While a more competitive exchange rate might improve short-term export …
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This paper evaluates Namibia''s competitiveness using several traditional indicators; it concludes that, while the real effective exchange rate (REER) is in equilibrium at present?suggesting no imminent need for concern?the country may wish to improve its competitiveness by increasing...
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This paper investigates the impact of long-run terms-of-trade shocks. Analytically, we show that, if capital goods are largely importable or the labor supply is sufficiently elastic, then natural-resource booms increase aggregate investment and worsen the current account, but Dutch ‘Disease’...
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comparative advantage. The results show that firms are more likely to export if they belong to the comparative advantage industry …
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country''s exports? To answer this question, I develop a model where a country can export two types of products …: differentiated and homogeneous. I show that export signatures and registration procedures reduce overall exports by increasing … price data on differentiated products due to their heterogeneity makes them more sensitive to export signatures. Regressions …
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This paper explores the link between exchange rate volatility of European currencies and economic performance of several countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The elimination of intra euro-zone exchange rate volatility resulting from the introduction of the euro is estimated to...
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This paper theoretically and empirically investigates export sensitivity to exchange rates in the context of intra …
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