Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization (2006)
Francois, Joseph, Hoekman, Bernard, Manchin, Miriam
Because of concern that tariff reductions in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed...
Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization (2006)
Francois, Joseph, Hoekman, Bernard, Manchin, Miriam
Because of concern that tariff reductions in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (oecd) countries will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed...
Alderman, Harold, Allen, Robert, Allingham, Michael, Altavilla, Carlo, Altenburg, Lutz, Anand, Paul, ...
Alderman, Harold, Allen, Robert, Allingham, Michael, Altavilla, Carlo, Altenburg, Lutz, Anand, Paul, ...
Border effects in the enlarged EU area (2003)
Manchin, Miriam, Pinna, Anna Maria
This paper looks at the issue of border effects in the enlarged European Union. We have considered accession countries of different size and other characteristics, i.e. Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria,...
Brenton, Paul, Manchin, Miriam.
The economic prospects of the Mediterranean countries are currently constrained by the lack of ambition in their relationships with each other and with their major export market, the EU. These...
Brenton, Paul, Manchin, Miriam.
A key element of the EU’s free trade and preferential trade agreements is the extent to which they deliver improved market access and so contribute to the EUs foreign policy objectives towards...
The Economic Effects of a Russia-EU FTA
The paper examines the effects of Russia joining the WTO taking into account energy sector reform and the impact of a future Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the enlarged EU and Russia. The paper...
Preference Utilisation and Tariff Reduction in EU Imports from ACP Countries
Despite the long relationship between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries aimed at encouraging their exports while stimulating growth and investment, the ACP states still...
Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization
Joseph Francois, Bernard Hoekman, Miriam Manchin
Because of concern that tariff reductions in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (oecd) countries will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed...
Preference Erosion and Multilateral Trade Liberalization
Francois, Joseph, Hoekman, Bernard, Manchin, Miriam
Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing...
Institutions, Infrastructure and Trade
Francois, Joseph, Manchin, Miriam
We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure, institutional quality, colonial and geographic context, and trade preferences on the...
Institutions, infrastructure, and trade
Francois, Joseph, Manchin, Miriam
The authors examine the influence of infrastructure, institutional quality, colonial and geographic context, and trade preferences on the pattern of bilateral trade. They are interested in threshold...
Rules of origin and the web of East Asian free trade agreements
Manchin, Miriam, Pelkmans-Balaoing, Annette O.
The authors provide an overview of the preferential rules of origin in East Asia, highlighting the aspects that might possibly generate some trade-chilling effects. They review characteristics of...
Despite the long relationship between the European Union and the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries aimed at encouraging their exports while stimulating growth and investment, the ACP...
Preference erosion and multilateral trade liberalization
Francois, Joseph, Hoekman, Bernard, Manchin, Miriam
Because of concern that OECD tariff reductions will translate into worsening export performance for the least developed countries, trade preferences have proven a stumbling block to developing...
Border effects in the enlarged EU area
Miriam Manchin, Anna Maria Pinna
This paper looks at the issue of border effects in the enlarged European Union. We have considered accession countries of different size and other characteristics, i.e. Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria,...
Preference Utilisation and Tariff Reduction in EU Imports from ACP Countries
Despite the long relationship between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries aimed at encouraging their exports while stimulating growth and investment, the ACP...
Institutions, Infrastructure, and Trade
Joseph Francois, Miriam Manchin
We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure, institutional quality, colonial and geographic context, and trade preferences on the...
Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions and the Role of Trade Costs
Görg, Holger, Hijzen, Alexander, Manchin, Miriam
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have increased dramatically over the last two decades. This paper analyses the role of trade costs in explaining the increase in the number of...
Making EU Trade Agreements Work: The Role of Rules of Origin
A key element of the EU’s free trade and preferential trade agreements is the extent to which they deliver improved market access and so contribute to the EUs foreign policy objectives towards...
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and the role of trade costs
Hijzen, Alexander, Görg, Holger, Manchin, Miriam
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have increased dramatically over the last two decades. This paper analyses the role of trade costs in explaining the increase in the number of...
Clothes without an Emperor: Analysis of the preferential tariffs in ASEAN
Manchin, Miriam, Pelkmans-Balaoing, Annette O.
This paper examines the current state of intra-ASEAN trade under the preferential regime of the AFTA. It partly addresses some data problems and employs a gravity model to arrive at alternative ways...
Clothes without an Emperor: Analysis of the Preferential Tariffs in ASEAN
ASEAN trade policy, free trade areas, empirical estimates of preference utilisation
Institutions, Infrastructure and Trade
Joseph Francois, Miriam Manchin
We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure, institutional quality, colonial and geographic context, and trade preferences on the...
Institutions, infrastructure, and trade
Joseph F. Francois, Miriam Manchin
We work with a panel of bilateral trade flows from 1988 to 2002, exploring the influence of infrastructure, institutional quality, colonial and geographic context, and trade preferences on the...
Brain Drain with FDI Gain? Factor Mobility between Eastern and Western Europe
Gianfranco De Simone, Miriam Manchin
A growing strand of literature highlights that skilled migration may favour growth-enhancing technology transfer, trade and foreign direct investments between the source and the host economies of...
Border effects in the enlarged EU area: evidence from imports to accession countries
Miriam Manchin, Anna Maria Pinna
By looking at imports of Eastern European countries, we provide novel insights on the importance and magnitude of border effects and on how they are linked with technical barriers to trade. All...
Trade Impact Assessment of an EU-India Free Trade Agreement
Joseph Francois, Hanna Norberg, Miriam Manchin
We analyze the effects of potential measures to liberalize trade between the European Union and India using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of world trade. Overall, our analysis shows...
Trade Impact Assessment (Trade SIA) of an EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement
Joseph Francois, Hanna Norberg, Miriam Manchin, Annette Pelkmans Balaoing
We analyze the effects of potential measures to liberalize trade between the European Union and ASEAN using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of world trade. The results on the whole point...
Joseph Francois, Miriam Manchin
We evaluate the effects of potential measures to liberalize trade between the EU and the CIS using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. We look at the CIS as an aggregate and we also present...