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Quantitative Comparison of Ad‐Valorem Equivalents for Non‐Tariff Trade Measures: WTO Versus TRAINS

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Non‐tariff measures (NTMs) play a growing role in trade policy. Economists quantify NTMs by calculating their Ad Valorem Equivalents (AVE), typically employing one of two global NTM datasets: TRAINS from UNCTAD or WTO notifications. While TRAINS data better measure NTMs, their limited coverage over countries and time is inadequate for many ...
Sionegael Ikeme, Amanda M. Countryman, Dale T. Manning, Diane Charlton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Capital Convergence: Evidence from the Punjab

Lahore Journal of Economics
While the literature on economic growth provides mixed evidence on convergence across different countries and regions, a large number of studies point toward the widening income gap between rich and poor.
Uzma Afzal
doaj  

A Convergence Property for Conditional Expectation [PDF]

, 1989
Aurel Cornea, Peter A. Loeb
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

UNIFORM CONVERGENCE OF NONPARAMETRIC CONDITIONAL HAZARD FUNCTION IN THE SINGLE FUNCTIONAL INDEX MODELING FOR DEPENDENT DATA

, 2023
OMAR OMARI, Torkia Merouan, Boubaker Mechab   +2 more
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Working Paper 130 - Growth and Macroeconomic Convergence in Southern Africa [PDF]

This paper investigates convergence in real per capita GDP and macroeconomic policy and stability indicators within the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Wolassa Lawisso Kumo
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asymptotic constancy of solutions of systems of difference equations

International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 1996
Assuming only conditional summability we study the convergence of the solutions of difference systems.
Rigoberto Medina, Manuel Pinto
doaj   +1 more source

Regional Heterogenity and Conditional Convergence [PDF]

This paper stresses the importance of accounting for regional heterogenity in the dynamic analysis of regional economic disparities. Studies of regional growth invariably presume regions are homogenous in that their socio-demographic composition is ...
Daniel Felsenstein, Michael Beenstock
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source