Search for dissertations about: "trade costs"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 227 swedish dissertations containing the words trade costs.
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1. From Trade Preferences to Trade Facilitation
Abstract : The main theme of the thesis is how to increase trade between the European Union (EU) and developing countries. Two available policy options are assessed: trade preferences and trade facilitation. READ MORE
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2. Vertical Trade
Abstract : This thesis consists of three separate papers. They are all empirical papers that examine how fragmentation of production processes and global value chains have affected international trade patterns. The first paper focuses on how private standards in the increasingly geographically fragmented food sector affect firm-import behaviour. READ MORE
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3. Intra-industry trade: measurements, determinants and growth : a study of Swedish foreign trade
Abstract : The conclusions are that a traditional factor proportions model seems neither theoretically nor empirically to explaing IIT. However, a relaxation of the assumption of homogeneous products in an industry gives rise to several implications for IIT. READ MORE
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4. Information, Networks and Trust in the Global Economy - Essays on International Trade and Migration
Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of migration in international trade within the framework of behind-the-border trade barriers and firm behavior. In addition to the introduction, which provides a context to the analysis, it consists of four essays. READ MORE
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5. Empirical Sudies in Trade, Growth and Integration
Abstract : The present study is composed of a series of six independent yet related articles treating various aspects of international trade and economic growth. In Chapter two the effects of European Integration (EI) on long-run economic growth is studied. Contrary to earlier empirical results long-run effects of EI are identified. READ MORE