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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Trade barriers"”.
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Trade barriers to grain cooperatives in exporting
… of this study was to determine if there were any barriers to grain cooperatives in exporting. Barriers are obstacles associated with the structure of the market. Data compiled to determine if any barriers existed were a combination of a quantitative survey and interviews with cooperative …
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Essays on trade barriers in imperfectly competitive markets
… dissertation contains three essays in strategic trade theory. They focus on the effects of trade barriers on the social welfare of an individual country through the effects of these barriers on the behavior of firms. Our analyses are undertaken in models with imperfectly competitive market …
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The regulation on trade barriers under SADC and EAC: assessing the effectiveness of their legal framework
… Owing to the scope of this study, only the trade liberalization initiatives under SADC and EAC will be evaluated. The trade liberalization strategies will focus on the intra-regional level. This study entails a comparative study of key legal provisions facilitating elimination of trade …
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A trade simulation analysis of the impacts of United States trade barriers on selected Taiwanese agricultural exports
… Uruguay round of negotiations, alter existing trade patterns. The study provides welfare estimations of full and partial trade liberalization in selected agricultural processed products of importance in U.S.-Taiwanese trade.
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Trade Barriers or Trade Catalysts? The Effects of Phytosanitary Measures on U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports
… of literature attempts to assess the generic trade flow effects of SPS measures. Still, little evidence is available to shed light on the nature, size, and scope of SPS standards and their role as "trade barriers" versus "trade catalysts." This thesis fills the void in the literature in two …
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Potential for dairy exports to the UK post-brexit : bilateral partial equilibrium modeling in the presence of trade barriers
… has potential effects on the impacts of future trade between the United States and the United Kingdom. Import demand systems were created to develop a model that estimates imports, exports, ending stocks, prices, consumption and production for the UK cheese and butter market. Three scenarios are …
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Three essays in international trade
… is a collection of three essays in international trade. Chapter 1 explains how firm heterogeneity and market structure can distort the geography of international trade. By considering only the intensive margin of trade, Krugman (1980) predicts that a higher elasticity of substitution between goods …
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Essays in R&D and competition policy in an open economy setting
This dissertation examines the effect of trade on competition policy and R&D. We examine these issues in the form of three essays. The first essay explores the impact of trade policy on entry regulation in an open economy setup. We find that under an open economy framework free entry can lead to a …
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Trade liberalization and firm dynamics evidence from Indian firms
… the firm level effects from the removal of trade barriers. It uses firm level data on Indian firms, and employs simple but effective specifications aimed to analyze the differential effects in sales and prices of goods previously quota bound compared to unbound products.
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International Trade in Selected Processed Foods and Beverages (Beef, Beer, Economic, Marketing Theory, Distribution)
… procedure for predicting international trade in processed foods and beverages was derived from the following seven theories: absolute and comparative advantage, factor endowment, scale economy, preference similarity, trade barriers and marketing channels. They were explained, their …
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NAFTA and its effect on corn, migration and human rights in Mexico
… of rural farmers in Mexico. The NAFTA trade agreement has eliminated trade barriers and placed Mexico’s domestically produced corn in direct competition with U.S. highly subsidized corn that has led to Mexican corn farmers, who comprise the majority of the country’s agricultural sector, …
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EU import notifications as a protectionist move: an examination of the relation between tariff and non-tariff barriers in seafood trade
… WTO, one of the main goals has been to decrease trade barriers and increase openness in trade. However, there has been concern that as importing countries honor WTO commitments and lower tariff rates, they may be replacing traditional tariff barriers with non-tariff barriers. Recent literature …
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The South African textile industry : opportunities and constraints with particular reference to environmental issues and eco-labelling
… the integration of environmental issues with trade aspects, and the potential impact that non-tariff trade barriers may have on the textile production pipeline. Trade patterns and value chains in the 21 st century will not necessarily resemble those of the past century. Tariff barriers are …
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Essays on firms in developing countries
… third chapter examines the impact of internal trade barriers on firms' performance and export activities. It is well known that various forms of non-tariff barriers exist among Chinese provinces. However, empirically, it is difficult to measure these barriers because they can take many forms. I …
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The impact of government policies on industrial evolution : the case of China's automotive industry
… two decades with a few policy options, such as trade barriers, joint venture regulation, local content rule, industrial entry limit and etc. However, the indigenous industry became highly fragmented, still lacks independent technological capabilities, and relies on the international automakers …
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Essays on environmental regulations and international economics.
… environmental regulations and international trade and capital flows. The first essay investigates the relative importance of environmental regulations in shaping trade patterns of manufactured goods with particular reference to the OECD countries. I introduce environmental regulation and …
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Essays in labor economics
… Highway System to examine the effect of reducing trade barriers on the relative demand for skilled labor. The Interstate Highway System was designed to connect major cities, to serve national defense, and to connect the US to Canada and Mexico. As an unintended consequence, many rural counties …
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Leveraging the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area to Address Trade Facilitation Challenges in Southern African Borders
… review of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) trade facilitation measures and the associated challenges of implementing them. It demonstrates how the SADC region can leverage the implementation of the AfCFTA to increase intraregional trade. Incorporating evidence from border …
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Essays on Economic Geography and Development Economics
… Chapter 1 quantifies the effects of cultural barriers on internal migration and welfare in Indonesia. I estimate internal migration gravity using linguistic distances as a proxy for cultural barriers and instrument for current linguistic differences using data from the 1930 colonial census. I …
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Potential impacts of hard infrastructure development on agricultural trade
… production and international agricultural trade. Good quality physical networks could reduce the transport costs for producers and suppliers, thereby increasing the volume of agricultural bilateral trade. For most countries, tariff rates, transport costs, geographic drawbacks, and other …
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