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Distribution Capital and the Short- and Long-run Import Demand Elasticity

Crucini, Mario J.; Davis, J. Scott - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013

International business-cycle models assume that home and foreign goods are poor substitutes. International trade models assume they are close substitutes. This paper constructs a model where this discrepancy is due to frictions in distribution. Imports need to be combined with a local non-traded...

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West and Central African Iron Ore: A Lesson in the Contestability of the Iron Ore Market

Hurst, Luke - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012

term resources consumption growth path. It then outlines the potential of major iron ore export countries to meet China … Africa to enter the export market over the short and medium terms. To assess this, three export capacity scenarios (low … pressure on the price of iron ore exports over the short to medium term. The impact of the excess export capacity on iron ore …

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Export Performance in Transition: The Case of Georgia

Athukorala, Prema-chandra; Waglé, Swarnim - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013

This paper examines export performance in Georgia in the process of transition from central planning to market oriented … failed to transform the lopsided export structure inherited from the Soviet era in line with emerging opportunities for … global economic integration. We conclude that orthodox liberalisation reforms are unlikely to improve export performance …

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INSTITUTIONS AND TRADE: COMPETITORS OR COMPLEMENTS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?

Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Dowrick, Steve; Golley, Jane - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008

In this paper we contribute to the debate over the empirical relationship between trade openness and economic development. Unlike previous studies which treat trade openness and institutions as competitors in economic development, we find evidence that they are in fact complements. We also find...

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Liberalisation reform and export performance of India

Paudel, Ramesh C. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014

This paper examines the impact of liberalisation reform on export performance of India. The empirical analysis involves … estimating an export demand-supply model for manufacturing and merchandised exports, applying ARDL approach to cointegration … that manufacturing and merchandise export demand are mainly determined by world demand, while manufacturing export supply …

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Asian Fragmentation in the Global Financial Crisis

Okubo, Toshihiro; Kimura, Fukunari; Teshima, Nozomu - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014

This paper studies the impact of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 on Japanese exports, focusing on international production networks in machinery sectors. For our survival analysis, we estimate a Cox proportional hazards model. Consequently, we find that Japanese exports to Asian countries,...

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The impact of trade and investment liberalization on the wage skill premium: evidence from Vietnam

Nguyen, Kien Trung - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014

investment has a significant effect on widening the wage skill premium. More importantly, export-oriented foreign investment is …

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Exchange rate policy and export performance in a landlocked developing country: The case of Nepal

Paudel, Ramesh C; Burke, Paul J - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2015

This paper examines the implications of Nepal’s exchange rate policy for its export performance over the period 1980 … appreciation has adversely affected Nepal’s exports, especially to third-country markets. Nepal’s exchange rate-related export …

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International food aid to Indonesia, 1950s-1970s

Eng, Pierre van der - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014

Indonesia experienced growing shortfalls of food supplies during the 1950s and during the 1960s and 1970s it imported increasing amounts of rice, wheat and wheat flour. This paper investigates the role of food aid in this development. In the 1950s,Indonesia received some US PL480 food aid under...

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Growing with Global Production Sharing: The Tale of Penang Export Hub

Athukorala, Prema-chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2011

policy options for developing countries to engage effectively in production networks through a case study of the export …

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