Search Results - "Journal of International Trade & Economic Development"

Economic growth in South Asia: Role of infrastructure by Sahoo, Pravakar, Dash, Ranjan Kumar

“…We examine the output elasticity of infrastructure for four South Asian countries viz., India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka using panel cointegration…”
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Trade, growth and income by Kim, Dong-Hyeon

“…This paper uses the instrumental variable threshold regressions approach of Caner and Hansen ( 2004 ) to investigate whether the trade's contribution to the…”
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Unravelling the worldwide pollution haven effect by Grether, Jean-Marie, Mathys, Nicole Andréa, de Melo, Jaime

“…This paper tackles the 'pollution haven' argument by estimating the pollution content of imports (PCI). The PCI is then decomposed into three components: (i) a…”
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How does FDI inflow affect productivity of domestic firms? The role of horizontal and vertical spillovers, absorptive capacity and competition by Marcin, Kolasa

“…This paper examines the existence of externalities associated with foreign direct investment (FDI) in a host country by exploiting firm-level panel data…”
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International R&D spillovers in emerging markets: The impact of trade and foreign direct investment by Krammer, Sorin M.S.

“…While economic theory predicts that growth in developing countries will gain significantly from technology spillovers, the empirical evidence on this issue…”
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Causal relationship between stock prices and exchange rates by Alagidede, Paul, Panagiotidis, Theodore, Zhang, Xu

“…This article investigates the nature of the causal linkage between stock markets and foreign exchange markets in Australia, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, and UK…”
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Military expenditure, threats, and growth by Aizenman, Joshua, Glick, Reuven

“…This paper clarifies one of the puzzling results of the economic growth literature: the impact of military expenditure is frequently found to be…”
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Does conflict disrupt growth? Evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance by Polachek, Solomon W., Sevastianova, Daria

“…Current empirical growth models limit the determinants of country growth to geographic, economic, and institutional variables. This study draws on conflict…”
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The collection efficiency of the Value Added Tax: Theory and international evidence by Aizenman, Joshua, Jinjarak, Yothin

“…This paper evaluates the political economy and structural factors explaining the collection efficiency of the Value Added Tax (VAT), where the collection…”
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The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on exports: A sectoral analysis for Turkey by Dincer, Nergiz, Kandil, Magda

“…This paper examines the effects of exchange rate fluctuations on disaggregated data comprising 21 exporting sectors (BEC classification) in Turkey. Building on…”
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Standards and export decisions: Firm-level evidence from developing countries by Chen, Maggie Xiaoyang, Wilson, John S., Otsuki, Tsunehiro

“…Standards and technical regulations set in importing countries have become a rising concern to exporters, especially to those in developing countries. This…”
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Good or bad? The influence of FDI on productivity growth. An industry-level analysis by Fillat, Carmen, Woerz, Julia

“…This paper attempts to reconcile the often inconclusive evidence on the role of FDI in the process of economic development by taking into account the…”
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Assessing the Doha Round: Market access, transactions costs and aid for trade facilitation by Hoekman, Bernard, Nicita, Alessandro

“…This paper compares the predicted trade impacts of a successful Doha Round with the trade effects of actions aimed at reducing domestic trade costs for traders…”
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Foreign aid and export diversification in developing countries by Munemo, Jonathan

“…This paper analyzes the effect of foreign aid on export diversification for a sample of developing countries while controlling for the effects of other factors…”
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Using complex networks analysis to assess the evolution of international economic integration: The cases of East Asia and Latin America by Reyes, Javier, Schiavo, Stefano, Fagiolo, Giorgio

“…This paper exploits recently-developed indicators based on network analysis to investigate the pattern of international integration followed by East Asian…”
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Exchange-rate volatility and industry trade between Canada and Mexico by Bahmani-Oskooee, Mohsen, Bolhassani, Marzieh, Hegerty, Scott

“…While it has long been assumed that exchange-rate volatility introduces a level of uncertainty that helps reduce trade flows, this need not be the case for…”
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Standards and export performance in developing countries: Evidence from Pakistan by Masakure, Oliver, Henson, Spencer, Cranfield, John

“…Several studies have analyzed the exporting pattern and performance of firms located in a developing country. However, there is limited work on the impact of…”
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Exports' quality-adjusted productivity and economic growth by Minondo, Asier

“…According to recent studies, countries specialised in products associated with higher productivity levels are likely to grow faster than countries specialised…”
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Dynamic ethnic fractionalization and economic growth by Campos, Nauro F., Saleh, Ahmad, Kuzeyev, Vitaliy

“…In their survey of the literature on ethnic fractionalization and economic performance, Alesina and La Ferrara ( 2005 ) identify two main directions for future…”
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Trade protection and tax evasion: Evidence from Kenya, Mauritius, and Nigeria by Bouët, Antoine, Roy, Devesh

“…We examine the effect of trade protection rates on evasion in three African countries Kenya, Mauritius, and Nigeria. In capturing the effect of trade…”
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