In this paper, we present one of the first direct microeconometric evidence of the impact of trade protection on household poverty in Ghana. The study examines the impact of Ghana’s trade policy reforms in the 1990s on poverty. We match trade policy measures at the two-digit ISIC level to household survey data for 1991/92 and 1998/99. We emphasize the possibility that the effect of protection o...

To examine how changes in relative national prices affect trade flows, this study estimates the impact of industry-specific effective real exchange rates on industry-level balances, exports, and imports. We analyze variations intra-industry vertical specialization, which may both govern long-run relationship between flows. employ sample information from 13 manufacturing industries across five A...

This paper is dedicated to the recent reforms in Uzbekistan’s foreign trade policy and process of country’s accession World Trade Organization. It pays special attention chemical industry trade; with partial equilibrium model employed, expected changes imports chemicals, budget revenues consumer welfare are revealed. Two scenarios — mere tariff reduction or abolition country-specific discrimina...

Serious illnesses, including deaths, and adverse environmental impacts have been linked to land application of sewage sludge. EPA and the wastewater treatment industry have worked with Congress to fund wastewater trade associations to promote land application, supporting industry-friendly scientists and discouraging independent research, to prevent local governments from restricting land applic...

Little research has been done to uncover the features of the Background: waterpipe tobacco industry, which makes designing effective interventions and policies to counter this growing trend challenging. The objective of this study is to describe the features of the waterpipe industry. In 2015, we randomly sampled and conducted semi-structured Methods: interviews with representatives of waterpip...

This paper describes the over-the-counter derivatives markets from the point of view of its structure, participants and products. We highlight the current trading venues for OTC equity derivatives, which include the inter-dealer market as well as electronic trading networks. The paper shows that the link between listed stock exchanges, options exchanges and the OTC market provides significant p...

This paper looks at the issue of labour market adjustment in the context of expanded international trade of NAFTA economies both within the region and more generally. The study focuses on the period 1990-1998, a time-frame which covers several years prior to and after the formation of NAFTA. Trade flows of the member countries are analysed using measures of static intra-industry trade (IIT) and...

Using pre-and post-reform industry-level panel and aggregate national infrastructure data, this paper examines the effects of infrastructure on industry productivity in Cameroon, controlling for trade variable and correcting for the likely endogeneity of infrastructure and other regressors. The empirical strategy involves, (i) estimation of production functions augmented by the infrastructure q...

Ever since the open policy adopted in China, textile and clothing industry has been playing an important role in the economic development and foreign trade. The achievements prove the competitive advantages possessed by China textile and clothing industry, while we can attribute the advantages to factors endowments as abundant raw material and human labor. These advantages can also be acquired ...