Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
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The impact of free trade port construction on regional import and export: Evidence from Hainan. [PDF]
Zhao Z, Guan Z, Liu Z, Xie X.
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The implications of trade liberalization for diet and health: a case study from Central America. [PDF]
Thow AM, Hawkes C.
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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Do regional trade agreements increase technology complexity of digital service export trade? Evidence from digital intellectual property rules. [PDF]
Yu Z, Dai L, Lu J, Li J.
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Colonial wars and trade restrictions: Fighting for exclusive trading rights
Abstract This paper develops a model of colonial wars and trade restrictions, in which two metropolises compete for control over a colony's trade policy. In equilibrium, the metropolis that gains control can improve its terms of trade by restricting its rival's access to colonial trade.
Ivan G. Lopez Cruz, Gustavo Torrens
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The role of economic stability in boosting exports in COMESA: Threshold effects analysis. [PDF]
Addis AK, Xindong Y, Tianze M, Addis HK.
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Budding enrollment: The impact of cannabis policy on US colleges and universities
Abstract We examine how liberalized recreational marijuana laws have affected freshmen enrollment and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) major choice using difference‐in‐differences and event study models. Estimates indicate near‐zero initial enrollment growth as schools substituted between in‐state and out‐of‐state students.
Joshua H. Hess, Danna Thomas
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Roadblocks, Relationality and Resilient Resistance in Post‐coup Myanmar
ABSTRACT Following Myanmar's military coup in February 2021, the State Administrative Council (SAC) established checkpoints between towns under its control and rural areas increasingly governed by anti‐junta resistance forces. Here, military personnel command trade and extort from people, inflating the price of consumer goods and agricultural inputs ...
Gerard McCarthy, Kyle Nyana
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Carbon mitigation effect of service trade innovation: quasi-experimental evidence from China. [PDF]
Yu Y, Cai Y, Huang X, Zhang Z.
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