THE CHILEAN TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND EXPORT EXPANSION PROCESS 1974–90

Until recently only one of the largest economies – Russia was not among the WTO members. Russia's accession into the WTO drew out hidden structural problems of national economy, low competitiveness of domestic producers, dependence on fossil-fuel exports, and regional disparities. The paper aims at overview of the existing distortions of Russia's foreign trade and their potential threats to sustainable economic development and national economic security in view of the running trade liberalization. Regional implementations of trade liberalization are investigated on the case of the Stavropol Krai, one of the southern regions of Russia with an average level of economic development. The Gravity model is implemented to analyze trade activities of the region; the Boundary Effect Model is utilized to evaluate the effects of trade liberalization on separate industries. Simulation allowed distributing regional commodities on their competitiveness depending on export quota and boundary effect, and accessing aftermaths of export expansion and import substitution.

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Trade, Quality Upgrading, and Input Linkages: Theory and Evidence from Colombia

The American Economic Review ◽

10.1257/aer.20150796 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 108 (1) ◽

pp. 109-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Ana Cecília Fieler ◽

Marcela Eslava ◽

Daniel Yi Xu

Keyword(s):

International Trade ◽

Trade Liberalization ◽

Economies Of Scale ◽

Quantitative Model ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Skill Intensity ◽

Export Expansion ◽

Quality Technology ◽

Quality Upgrading

A quantitative model brings together theories linking international trade to quality, technology, and demand for skills. Standard effects of trade on importers and exporters are magnified through domestic input linkages. We estimate the model with data from Colombian manufacturing firms before the 1991 trade liberalization. A counterfactual trade liberalization is broadly consistent with post-liberalization data. It increases skill intensity from 12 to 16 percent, while decreasing sales. Imported inputs, estimated to be of higher quality, and domestic input linkages are quantitatively important. Economies of scale, export expansion, and reallocation of production are small and cannot explain post-liberalization data. (JEL F14, F16, J24, L60, O14, O19, O33)

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Trade Liberalization in Bangladesh: The Process and Its Impact on Macro Variables Particularly Export Expansion

The Journal of Developing Areas ◽

10.1353/jda.2005.0035 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 127-150 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Mohammad A. Hossain ◽

Mohammad Alauddin

Keyword(s):

Trade Liberalization ◽

Export Expansion ◽

Macro Variables

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Foreign Trade in Russia

International Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch067 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 1443-1460

Author(s):

Vasily Erokhin

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Foreign Trade ◽

Trade Liberalization ◽

Boundary Effect ◽

Import Substitution ◽

Economic Security ◽

Structural Problems ◽

Export Expansion ◽

Effect Model ◽

Level Of Economic Development

Until recently only one of the largest economies – Russia was not among the WTO members. Russia's accession into the WTO drew out hidden structural problems of national economy, low competitiveness of domestic producers, dependence on fossil-fuel exports, and regional disparities. The paper aims at overview of the existing distortions of Russia's foreign trade and their potential threats to sustainable economic development and national economic security in view of the running trade liberalization. Regional implementations of trade liberalization are investigated on the case of the Stavropol Krai, one of the southern regions of Russia with an average level of economic development. The Gravity model is implemented to analyze trade activities of the region; the Boundary Effect Model is utilized to evaluate the effects of trade liberalization on separate industries. Simulation allowed distributing regional commodities on their competitiveness depending on export quota and boundary effect, and accessing aftermaths of export expansion and import substitution.

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