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The Montevideo Treaty and Latin American economic integration

open access: yesPSL Quarterly Review, 2014
Despite its brevity, the Montevideo Treaty establishing the Latin American Free Trade Association is a rather far-reaching legal instrument for the seven participating countries. It embodies not only provisions for gradual trade liberalization within the
M.S. WIONCZEK
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Using the Gravity Equation to Explain the Portuguese Immigration-trade Link [PDF]

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This paper tests the relation between immigration and Portuguese bilateral trade. Using a panel data analysis, the results show that the stock of immigrants has a positive effect on Portuguese exports, imports and bilateral intraindustry trade.
Horácio Faustino, Nuno Leitão
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Adaptive Machine Learning Framework for Optimizing the Affinity Purification of Adeno‐Associated Viral Vectors

open access: yesBiotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adeno‐associated viral (AAV) vectors for gene therapy are becoming integral to modern medicine, providing therapeutic options for diseases once deemed incurable. Currently, viral vector purification is a critical bottleneck in the gene therapy industry, impacting product efficacy and safety as well as accessibility and cost to patients ...
Kelvin P. Idanwekhai   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Reforms: Evidence from Eastern Europe and Latin America [PDF]

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This paper investigates the role of structural reforms – privatization, financial reform and trade liberalization – as determinants of FDI inflows based on newly constructed dataset on structural reforms for 19 Latin American and 25 Eastern European ...
Campos, Nauro F., Kinoshita, Yuko
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How sensitive are Latin American exports to Chinese competition in the U.S. market ? [PDF]

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This paper estimates the elasticity of substitution of U.S. imports using detailed trade data over the 1990-2003 period. The authors use a two-stage least squares framework in order to identify the elasticity parameter of interest.
Lopez-Cordova, J. Ernesto   +2 more
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A Modular Mechanistic In Silico Model for In Vitro Transcription Process Yield and Product Quality Prediction

open access: yesBiotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In vitro transcription (IVT) plays a critical role in the manufacture of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. Optimizing mRNA yield and ensuring product quality, such as capping efficiency and integrity, are essential but mechanistically complex. This study presents a modular mechanistic model of the IVT process to advance scientific understanding ...
Keqi Wang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latin America and Russia: evolution of mutual foreign interests

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Economics, 2013
The article analyses the dynamics of the indicators that define current bilateral economic relations, it examines in details structural and regional shifts in bilateral trade between Latin America and Russia.
A R Massarova
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Trade and Labor Outcomes in Latin America's Rural Areas: A Cross-Household Surveys Approach [PDF]

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This paper explores the potential link between trade and labor outcomes in rural areas in Latin America by estimating cross household-survey regression models with microdata from 60 Latin American household surveys and country aggregate data.
Federico Gutiérrez   +2 more
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NAFTA at Ten: Lessons from Recent Studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This report provides an analytical summary of the economic lessons reached in support of Congress's role in the trade policy process. On January 1, 2004, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) completed its tenth year and most of its provisions ...
Hornbeck, J. F.
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

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