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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 …'s medium term iron ore import demands. The focus of the paper in on the potential of iron ore supplies from west and central … Africa to enter the export market over the short and medium terms. To assess this, three export capacity scenarios (low …

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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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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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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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Australia-Thailand Trade: Has the FTA Made a Difference?

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

This paper examines the impact of the Australia-Thailand free trade agreement (TAFTA) on bilateral trade between the two countries, paying attention to the implications of rules of origins (RoO) and the utilization of tariff preferences. It is found that trade has expanded faster following TAFTA...

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Environmental and Health Protections, or New Protectionism? Determinants of SPS Notifications by WTO Members

Aisbett, Emma Kate; Pearson, Lee M. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012

The drastic reductions in bound tariffs agreed by WTO members over the past half century have been accompanied by a substantial rise in non-tariff barriers to trade. Many commentators have drawn a causal link between these two phenomena, but there have been few attempts to empirically test this...

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Determinants of Labor-Intensive Exports by the Developing Countries: A Cross Country Analysis

Khondoker, Mottaleb; Kalirajan, Kaliappa - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012

While it is widely recognized that industrial development is imperative in developing countries to reduce poverty and to attain sustainable economic growth, there is no consensus on how to develop industries and where to start. Generally, the literature argues that developing countries should...

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