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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

A liberalização comercial e seus impactos alocativos na economia brasileira

Economia Aplicada, 2002
The objective of this paper is to analyze how the trade liberalization, carried out in the late 80s, and mainly in the early 90s, affected the allocation ofresources in the Brazilian economy.
Fernando A. R. Soares
doaj  

Regional versus Multilateral Trade Liberalization, Environmental Taxation and Welfare [PDF]

We consider strategic trade among identical countries and compare the impacts of multilateral versus regional tariff reduction on equilibrium pollution tax and social welfare.
Soham Baksi
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Growth, Specialization, and Trade Liberalization [PDF]

International Economic Review, 1997
Summary: This paper examines a two-way interaction between trade liberalization and economic growth. Through increasing returns to specialization, international trade can increase world growth rates. But growth alters patterns of comparative advantage, changing the incentives to levy tariffs in a dynamic tariff game between governments.
openaire   +5 more sources

The Real Effect of Banking Globalisation on Bank Liquidity Creation in China's Banking Sector: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To explore the real effect of banking globalisation on bank liquidity creation, we investigate plausibly exogenous variations in the expectation of further banking globalisation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which further opens the gate to foreign investors.
Xuanyi Shi, Wenjun Wu, Yifan Chen, Chunyang Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Tunisia: Micro-simulation in a General Equilibrium Framework [PDF]

The study tries to answer the following questions: Will exposure to world agricultural prices generate more poverty or less? To what extent will households be affected by changes in agricultural trade polices?
Chemingui, Mohamed Abdelbasset, Thabet, Chokri   +1 more
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Tourism, Democracy and Economic Growth in Africa

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While numerous studies have explored the determinants of economic growth, research on the impact of tourism and democracy on economic growth remains debated in both developed and developing countries. Furthermore, studies examining the moderating role of democracy in the tourism–economic growth relationship are particularly scarce.
Toyo A. M. Dossou, Simplice A. Asongu, Kihumuro Jotham, Symphorien Zogbassè   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade Liberalization in Pakistan: An Alternative Perspective

Lahore Journal of Economics
This study narrates the history of trade liberalization in Pakistan from 1972 to 2021. It outlines the history of trade reforms, which is divided into three distinct periods: the partial trade liberalization period from 1972 to 1987, the trade ...
Fahd Rehman
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Trade Liberalization and Growth: Plant-Level Evidence from Switzerland [PDF]

This paper estimates the effect of trade liberalization on growth, using plant-level data from Switzerland. We employ a natural experiment framework to quantify the effect of a bundle of treaties liberalizing trade between Switzerland and the EU enacted ...
Bühler, Stefan, Helm, Marco, Lechner, Michael   +2 more
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Contesting Regulatory Capacity: Exploring Doctrines in the Regulatory State

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The contemporary literature on regulation and development has emphasised the importance of low discretion devices for achieving desired policy objectives. At the same time, there has been a growing recognition that state capacity in general, and regulatory capacity more specifically, are essential for achieving development goals in a world of ...
Bruno Queiroz Cunha, Martin Lodge
wiley   +1 more source