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Research paper thumbnail of Product Standards, Harmonization, and Trade: Evidence from the Extensive Margin

Research paper thumbnail of Enhancing export diversification through trade facilitation

Research paper thumbnail of Estimating Price Elasticities of Supply for Cotton: A Structural Time-Series Approach

Research paper thumbnail of Market Power in International Commodity Processing Chains: Preliminary Results from the Coffee Market

Research paper thumbnail of The Impact of US Subsidies on the World Cotton Market: A Reassessment

Research paper thumbnail of ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research:“Behind the Border” Gravity Modeling Bangkok, 15-19 December 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Costs and Benefits of Protecting Geographical Indications: Some Lessons from the French Wine Sector

Research paper thumbnail of Logistics costs and competitiveness: measurement and trade policy applications

Research paper thumbnail of Modal Estimates of Services Barriers

This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative ... more This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative weighting methods and improved econometric specifications; the data include barriers affecting each mode of services supply and additional sector-specific regulatory variables. We provide an illustration of these improvements for banking, insurance, telecom (fixed and mobile), professional (engineering) and distribution services in selected countries in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. We report sector-specific restrictiveness indices at aggregate and modal levels along with aggregate and modal tax equivalents. We also provide confidence intervals for each estimated tax equivalent to take into account the limitations in the estimation techniques. Indeed these limitations lead us to argue against a strict interpretation of the empirical results and in favor of a more flexible, qualitative interpretation, combined with rank ordering of countries ...

Research paper thumbnail of Product Standards and Export Diversification

Journal of Economic Integration, 2015

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Product Standards, Harmonization, And Trade : Evidence From The Extensive Margin

Policy Research Working Papers, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Export and FDI premia among services firms in the developing world

Applied Economics Letters, 2013

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Geographical Diversification of Developing Country Exports

Research paper thumbnail of Trade Costs, Barriers To Entry, And Export Diversification In Developing Countries

Policy Research Working Papers, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Trade Facilitation and Export Diversification

The World Economy, 2011

This paper shows that improved trade facilitation can help promote export diversification in deve... more This paper shows that improved trade facilitation can help promote export diversification in developing countries. We find that 10 per cent reductions in the costs of international transport and domestic exporting costs (documentation, inland transport, port and customs charges) are ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Paradox of ‘Preferences’: Regional Trade Agreements and Trade Costs in Services

Research paper thumbnail of Market power in international commodity processing chains: preliminary results from the coffee market

France, Paris: IEP, Groupe d'Economie Mondiale, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Infrastructure and Trade in Asia - Edited by Douglas H. Brooks and Jayant Menon

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Quantifying Restrictions on Trade in Services: The Finance and Telecommunication Sectors in the Andean Community and the Southern Cone

Abstract: We present selected results from a recent OECD study of the restrictiveness of services... more Abstract: We present selected results from a recent OECD study of the restrictiveness of services trade regimes in non-member economies. For the first time, we provide estimates of trade restrictiveness both overall and by GATS Mode of Supply. The inherent limitations related to the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Estimating price elasticities of supply for cotton: a structural time-series approach

FAO Commodity and Trade Policy Research Working Papers are published by the Commodities and Trade... more FAO Commodity and Trade Policy Research Working Papers are published by the Commodities and Trade Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). They are working documents and do not reflect the opinion of FAO or its member governments.

Research paper thumbnail of Product Standards, Harmonization, and Trade: Evidence from the Extensive Margin

Research paper thumbnail of Enhancing export diversification through trade facilitation

Research paper thumbnail of Estimating Price Elasticities of Supply for Cotton: A Structural Time-Series Approach

Research paper thumbnail of Market Power in International Commodity Processing Chains: Preliminary Results from the Coffee Market

Research paper thumbnail of The Impact of US Subsidies on the World Cotton Market: A Reassessment

Research paper thumbnail of ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research:“Behind the Border” Gravity Modeling Bangkok, 15-19 December 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Costs and Benefits of Protecting Geographical Indications: Some Lessons from the French Wine Sector

Research paper thumbnail of Logistics costs and competitiveness: measurement and trade policy applications

Research paper thumbnail of Modal Estimates of Services Barriers

This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative ... more This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative weighting methods and improved econometric specifications; the data include barriers affecting each mode of services supply and additional sector-specific regulatory variables. We provide an illustration of these improvements for banking, insurance, telecom (fixed and mobile), professional (engineering) and distribution services in selected countries in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. We report sector-specific restrictiveness indices at aggregate and modal levels along with aggregate and modal tax equivalents. We also provide confidence intervals for each estimated tax equivalent to take into account the limitations in the estimation techniques. Indeed these limitations lead us to argue against a strict interpretation of the empirical results and in favor of a more flexible, qualitative interpretation, combined with rank ordering of countries ...

Research paper thumbnail of Product Standards and Export Diversification

Journal of Economic Integration, 2015

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Product Standards, Harmonization, And Trade : Evidence From The Extensive Margin

Policy Research Working Papers, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Export and FDI premia among services firms in the developing world

Applied Economics Letters, 2013

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Geographical Diversification of Developing Country Exports

Research paper thumbnail of Trade Costs, Barriers To Entry, And Export Diversification In Developing Countries

Policy Research Working Papers, 2007

Research paper thumbnail of Trade Facilitation and Export Diversification

The World Economy, 2011

This paper shows that improved trade facilitation can help promote export diversification in deve... more This paper shows that improved trade facilitation can help promote export diversification in developing countries. We find that 10 per cent reductions in the costs of international transport and domestic exporting costs (documentation, inland transport, port and customs charges) are ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Paradox of ‘Preferences’: Regional Trade Agreements and Trade Costs in Services

Research paper thumbnail of Market power in international commodity processing chains: preliminary results from the coffee market

France, Paris: IEP, Groupe d'Economie Mondiale, 2004

Research paper thumbnail of Infrastructure and Trade in Asia - Edited by Douglas H. Brooks and Jayant Menon

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Quantifying Restrictions on Trade in Services: The Finance and Telecommunication Sectors in the Andean Community and the Southern Cone

Abstract: We present selected results from a recent OECD study of the restrictiveness of services... more Abstract: We present selected results from a recent OECD study of the restrictiveness of services trade regimes in non-member economies. For the first time, we provide estimates of trade restrictiveness both overall and by GATS Mode of Supply. The inherent limitations related to the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Estimating price elasticities of supply for cotton: a structural time-series approach

FAO Commodity and Trade Policy Research Working Papers are published by the Commodities and Trade... more FAO Commodity and Trade Policy Research Working Papers are published by the Commodities and Trade Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). They are working documents and do not reflect the opinion of FAO or its member governments.

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