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| Busse, Matthias; Shams, Rasul. |
| This article evaluates the trade effects of the new East African Community, which fosters trade liberalisation among Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The analysis uses a disaggregated approach at the two-digit level of the Standard International Trade Classification. The commodities that will be particularly affected by the customs union are identified. The results show that considerable trade effects cannot be expected, except for a very narrow range of products. The transitional fund, which has been proposed to counter trade imbalances due to the new customs union in East Africa, becomes less urgent from this perspective. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Customs Union; EAC; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23870 |
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| Busse, Matthias; Braun, Sebastian. |
| The paper addresses the linkage between certain aspects of the increasing economic integration of world markets and the level of child labour. We empirically examine, first, the often-cited conventional wisdom that multinational enterprises invest in countries where the extent of child labour is relatively high and, second, the concern that countries may gain an unfair comparative advantage in trade by using child labour. The results indicate that multinationals are highly sensitive with respect to the location of their transplants and prefer countries with lower levels of child labour. The opposite outcome applies to child labour and comparative advantage in labour-intensive goods, where we find a statistically significant positive relationship. Based on... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Child Labour; Economic Integration; Trade; FDI; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; C31; F15; J82. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26174 |
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| Busse, Matthias. |
| The globalisation of the world economy increases international competition among companies. However, not all industries will be affected by the same extent. The degree of globalisation of an industry will be particularly influenced by the level of transaction costs. Low transaction costs will lead to globalised markets, high transaction costs to segmented markets. On the other hand, one has to consider heterogeneous consumer preferences and product differentiation as two additional factors of influence as well as the fact that transaction costs can only be roughly calculated. If these limitations are kept in mind, transaction costs could be of great importance for competition policy in determining the degree of international competition among firms. Die... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Transaction costs; Trade; Competition policy; International Relations/Trade; F00; F13; D23. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26144 |
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| Busse, Matthias; Huth, Matthias; Koopmann, Georg. |
| The paper evaluates the political and economic incentives to conclude the EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (FTA). It discusses EU and Mexican trade policy as well as the multilateral context for FTAs. In addition, using a disaggregated approach at the three-digit Standard International Trade Classification, it identifies the commodities that will be particularly affected by the FTA. The results show that considerable trade effects can be expected in a narrow range of products and that the EU is likely to gain much more than Mexico. In diesem Papier werden die politischen und ökonomischen Anreize zur Vereinbarung des Freihandelsabkommens zwischen der EU und Mexiko bewertet. Dafür werden die europäische und mexikanische Handelspolitik analysiert und der... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Free Trade Agreement; European Union; Mexico; International Relations/Trade; F15; F17. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26269 |
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| Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian. |
| The paper empirically explores the international economic effects of gender discrimination, namely the linkages of gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and the extent of gender discrimination across countries and presents the results of empirical tests of those linkages. The results indicate that gender inequality is positively associated with comparative advantage in unskilled-labour-intensive goods, that is, commodities where the impact of gender bias is likely to be felt most strongly. In contrast, foreign direct investment is negatively linked with gender inequality. These results even hold for relatively poor developing countries. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Gender Discrimination; Trade; Comparative Advantage; FDI; Labor and Human Capital; F23; J71; J82; F11. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26151 |
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| Busse, Matthias. |
| Many believe that multinational enterprises insensitively ignore political rights and civil liberties in the countries of their investments. Frequently, non-governmental organisations accuse multinationals of fostering repressive regimes in developing countries and consider foreign direct investment (FDI) as a tool of exploitation. This paper tries to examine empirically the complex relationship between democracy and FDI in a systematic way, using cross-sectional and panel data analysis. The results indicate that - on average - investments by multinationals are significantly higher in democratic countries, thereby refuting the hypothesis that political repression fosters FDI. Yet this positive link does not hold for the 1970s, when a considerable share of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: FDI; Democracy; Political Rights; Civil Liberties; Political Economy; C31; C 33; F21; F23. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26260 |
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| Busse, Matthias. |
| As the process of globalisation of the world economy progresses, the degree of international competition among enterprises increases as well. Yet not all industries or branches are affected to the same extent by this development. One of the most important factors which determine the degree of globalisation of an industry is the level of transaction costs. Whereas low transaction costs tend to result in globalised markets, high transaction costs induce segmented markets. Because they may also indicate the degree of potential competition, transaction costs can be of great importance for competition authorities in the case of corporate mergers and acquisitions. Heterogeneous consumer preferences and product differentiation, as two additional determinants of... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Transaction costs; Potential competition; Competition policy; International Relations/Trade; F00; F13; D23. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26168 |
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| Busse, Matthias. |
| The WTO Doha Round of multinational trade negotiations is labelled the development round to highlight the fact that progress could be achieved through the enhanced integration of the poor countries into the world economy. Since the trade agenda focuses to a large extent on the levels of direct and indirect trade barriers as well as other aspects of trade and competition policy, an important aspect of the relative trade performance of developing countries has been neglected somewhat. This paper argues that, in addition to trade barriers, other trade costs, such as communications and transport costs, have to be taken into account. These other costs can be significantly higher in developing countries, which impedes their successful integration into world... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Developing countries; Transport costs; WTO Doha Round; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23818 |
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| Busse, Matthias; Shams, Rasul. |
| The paper evaluates the economic necessity and political incentives of a transitional fund for the East African Community (EAC). The fund has been proposed to encounter trade imbalances which may arise due to the intended customs union in East Africa. Using a disaggregated approach at the two-digit level of the Standard International Trade Classification, the paper assesses the overall impact of the EAC on trade flows. Moreover, the commodities that will be particularly affected by the customs union are identified. The results show that considerable trade effects cannot be expected, except for a very narrow range of products. The need for a transitional fund becomes less urgent from this perspective. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Customs Union; EAC; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; F15; F17. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26290 |
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