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2006

International Trade

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On The Measurement Of Product Quality In Intra-Industry Trade, A. K.M. Azhar, Robert J.R. Elliott Jul 2006

On The Measurement Of Product Quality In Intra-Industry Trade, A. K.M. Azhar, Robert J.R. Elliott

Robert J R Elliott

The world has witnessed a dramatic increase in trade over the last forty years. Much of this growth in trade is intra-industry in nature. A relatively recent development in the intra-industry trade (IIT) literature is the measurement of the simultaneous import and export of quality-differentiated products, commonly known as vertical and horizontal IIT. In this paper we compare the Greenaway, Hine and Milner (1994) and Fontagné and Freudenberg (1997) approaches to disentangling vertical and horizontal intra-industry trade and examine some of the implications of employing simple ratios to define the boundary between product quality types. We present a complementary approach …

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Intra-Industry Trade And Labour-Market Adjustment: A Reassessment Using Data On Individual Workers, Marius Brulhart, Robert J.R. Elliott, Joanne K. Lindley Jul 2006

Intra-Industry Trade And Labour-Market Adjustment: A Reassessment Using Data On Individual Workers, Marius Brulhart, Robert J.R. Elliott, Joanne K. Lindley

Robert J R Elliott

We re-examine the relationship between intra-industry trade and labour reallocation, using individual-level data on manufacturing worker moves in the United Kingdom. The contribution of this analysis is twofold. First, we estimate the impact of intra-industry trade on worker moves between occupations as well as between industries. Second, we run individual-level regressions that allow us to control for worker heterogeneity. Our results suggest that intra-industry trade does have the stipulated attenuating effect on worker moves, both between occupations and between industries, but that this effect is relatively small compared to other determinants of labour reallocation.

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Implications For The Vietnamaese Textile And Apparel Industry In Light Of Abolishing The Multifiber Arrangement And The Us - Vietnam Bilateral Investment Treaty, Joseph Pelzman Jan 2006

Implications For The Vietnamaese Textile And Apparel Industry In Light Of Abolishing The Multifiber Arrangement And The Us - Vietnam Bilateral Investment Treaty, Joseph Pelzman

Joseph Pelzman

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The Trade-Induced Effects Of The Services Directive And The Country-Of-Origin Principle, Roland De Bruijn, Henk Lm Kox, Arjan Lejour Dec 2005

The Trade-Induced Effects Of The Services Directive And The Country-Of-Origin Principle, Roland De Bruijn, Henk Lm Kox, Arjan Lejour

Henk LM Kox

The proposed Services Directive by the European Commission could increase intra European trade in commercial services by 30 to 60 percent. This paper analyses the welfare effects of the trade growth using an applied general equilibrium model WorldScan. It shows that GDP could be raised by 0.3 to 0.7 percent and consumption by 0.5 to 1.2 percent in the European Union as a whole. These results could only be realised if the Services Directive is implemented including the country of origin principle. If this principle is excluded from the directive, trade increases only by 20 to 40 percent. The trade-induced …

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