Tariffs, Enforcement, and Customs Evasion: Evidence from India (2008)
Prachi Mishra, International Monetary Fund, Beata Javorcik, Charles Kramer, Nuno Limao, Aaditya Mattoo, ...
This paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics. We examine the effect of tariff policies on evasion of customs duties, in the context of the trade reform in India of the 1990s. By...
Javorcik, Beata, Keller, Wolfgang, Tybout, James
This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents, and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic...
Income-related biases in international trade : what do trademark registration data tell us?
Carsten Fink, Javorcik,Beata, Mariana Spatareanu
Economists have long recognized that richer countries trade more among themselves than with poorer economies due to a closer match of exporter supply structures and importer preferences. In the...
Beata Javorcik, Mariana Spatareanu
This study examines whether foreign ownership share in investment projects affects the extent of spillovers from foreign direct investment. The analysis, based on a Romanian firm-level data set...
Pollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment: Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?
The "pollution haven" hypothesis refers to the possibility that multinational firms, particularly those engaged in highly polluting activities, relocate to countries with weaker environmental...
Beata Javorcik, Wolfgang Keller, James Tybout
This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic...