Trade Facilitation and Export Diversification

Dennis, Allen; Shepherd, Ben

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9701.2010.01303.x

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“…While counter-intuitive, this result is in line with the Poisson-IV specifications of Dennis and Shepherd (2011) and with the results of Persson (2013). 14 < Tables 9 and 10 about here >…”

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“…Nordås et al (2006) were among the first to show the negative effects of time to export on the probability to export. Dennis and Shepherd (2011) estimate the impact of various Doing…”

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“…Since the dependent variable is a count variable, a model for count data is theoretically more appropriate. Following Dennis and Shepherd (2011) and Persson (2013), we also adopt a Poisson estimation methodology, with density:…”

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A New Look at the Extensive Trade Margin Effects of Trade Facilitation

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“…While counter-intuitive, this result is in line with the Poisson-IV specifications of Dennis and Shepherd (2011) and with the results of Persson (2013). 14 < Tables 9 and 10 about here >…”

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“…Nordås et al (2006) were among the first to show the negative effects of time to export on the probability to export. Dennis and Shepherd (2011) estimate the impact of various Doing…”

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“…Using similar empirical setups by employing the number of exported products as a measure of the extensive margin, Dennis and Shepherd (2011) and Persson (2012) both find evidence that inefficient trade procedures is associated with fewer export products. Persson (2012) further illustrates that -consistent with the theoretical treatment in Chaney (2008) -this negative effect is more _________________________ 13 See Table 2 in the Appendix for a short description of all empirical studies mentioned in this section.…”

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From Trade Preferences to Trade Facilitation: Taking Stock of the Issues

Persson

2012

Economics

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The objective of the paper is to explore and give an overview of two central policy alternatives to improve the integration between the European Union and developing countries by removing barriers to trade: trade preferences and trade facilitation. The author reviews the relevant literatures and discusses the issues which constitute problems or opportunities for practitioners and researchers in both areas. She concludes that while at least some trade preferences actually have been less of a failure than their reputation suggests, trade facilitation is a far more promising policy option for the future. IntroductionThe European Union (EU) is the largest trading partner for many of the world's developing countries, but there is nevertheless a large potential to expand that trade. Given that increased trade is widely believed to be one of the keys to alleviating poverty and improving standards of living in developing countries, from a policy perspective it is crucial to understand the options available for economic integration between the EU and developing countries. The objective of this paper is therefore to explore and give an overview of two central policy alternatives to improve the integration between the EU and developing countries by removing barriers to trade: trade preferences and trade facilitation. Nonreciprocal trade preferences for low-and middle-income countries have been used by the European Union since at least the 1960s, and have in a broader sense been at the heart of the North-South trade policy debate for the last half century. By contrast, trade facilitation, i.e. loosely speaking cutting red tape at the border, is a relatively new issue, but one that has quickly risen high on the policy agenda. The paper starts by defining what trade preferences are and what they are meant to achieve, and then puts this policy option into its historical context. Noting that many commentators tend to regard trade preferences as a failed policy -something which interestingly is not necessarily what the reviewed empirical research finds -the paper discusses several dimensions that may be important when determining preferences' trade-creating potential.The paper then moves on to discuss how to define trade facilitation, outline why and how inefficient trade procedures constitute costs for traders and give an overview of what the likely economic effects are of reform in the area. In particular, the empirical literature on trade facilitation is reviewed, including the few papers that explicitly link trade facilitation and European integration. This section also gives examples of concrete measures that governments could take to reduce transaction costs related to inefficient trade procedures, and it closes by considering how to properly measure trade facilitation, and what kind of data researchers would need to better be able to analyze the causal effects.The last section summarizes the historic shift from a focus on trade preferences in trade relations between industrialized and developing countries to a fo...

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“…Beine and Coulombe (2007), Ortiz (2012), and Elhiraika, Abuouhakar, and Muhammad (2014) found that diversification should be promoted for growth. Dennis and Shepherd (2011) showed that international trade promotes export diversification in developing countries. Haddad, Lim, Panero, and Saborowski (2013) showed that diversification does not promote growth.…”

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Openness of the Economy, Diversification, Specialization, and Economic Growth

Kurihara¹,

Fukushima²

2016

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This article examines whether openness of the economy promotes production diversification or production specialization and whether or not specialization/diversification spurs economic growth. International trade is important to stabilize and promote economic growth. However, promotion of international trade does not necessarily cause economic growth. This article focuses on the existence empirical patterns of production diversification/specialization between international trade and economic growth. The empirical results show that greater openness of the economy does not always mean the greater economic growth in emerging and developing countries. Economic conditions and market structures related to international trade must be considered carefully to achieve the economic growth.

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Trade Facilitation and Export Diversification

Cited by 179 publications

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A New Look at the Extensive Trade Margin Effects of Trade Facilitation

A New Look at the Extensive Trade Margin Effects of Trade Facilitation

From Trade Preferences to Trade Facilitation: Taking Stock of the Issues

Openness of the Economy, Diversification, Specialization, and Economic Growth

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