Trade in the Mashreq : an empirical examination /

Trade in the Mashreq : an empirical examination /

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Author / Creator:	Blavy, Rodolphe.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Middle Eastern Dept., ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (30 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/01/163 IMF working paper ; WP/01/163.
Subject:	Foreign exchange -- Middle East -- Econometric models. Non-tariff trade barriers -- Middle East -- Econometric models. Protectionism -- Middle East -- Econometric models. Political stability -- Middle East -- Econometric models. Commerce -- Econometric models. Commercial policy -- Econometric models. Foreign exchange -- Econometric models. Political stability -- Econometric models. Protectionism -- Econometric models. Middle East -- Commercial policy -- Econometric models. Middle East -- Commerce -- Econometric models. Middle East.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12495994

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Other authors / contributors:	International Monetary Fund. Middle Eastern Department.
ISBN:	1282025481 9781282025486 1451903111 9781451903119 1462328687 9781462328680 1451997485 9781451997484 9786613796288 661379628X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	This paper provides a framework for understanding trade patterns in the Mashreq. An augmented gravity model is used to compare actual with expected levels of trade. Trade barriers, political uncertainty, and over-appreciation of domestic currencies seem to explain low levels of international trade. At the intra-regional level, specific trade barriers between Israel and other Mashreq countries reduce further levels of trade. Quite surprisingly, removing Israel from the sample leads to higher actual intra-regional trade than predicted. The analysis suggests that trade liberalization, correction of currency misalignments, reduction of political uncertainty, and improved trade relations with Israel would boost trade in the region.
Other form:	Print version: Blavy, Rodolphe. Trade in the Mashreq. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Middle Eastern Dept., ©2001
Standard no.:	10.5089/9781451903119.001

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Summary:	This paper provides a framework for understanding trade patterns in the Mashreq. An augmented gravity model is used to compare actual with expected levels of trade. Trade barriers, political uncertainty, and over-appreciation of domestic currencies seem to explain low levels of international trade. At the intra-regional level, specific trade barriers between Israel and other Mashreq countries reduce further levels of trade. Quite surprisingly, removing Israel from the sample leads to higher actual intra-regional trade than predicted. The analysis suggests that trade liberalization, correction of currency misalignments, reduction of political uncertainty, and improved trade relations with Israel would boost trade in the region.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (30 pages)
Format:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30).
ISBN:	1282025481 9781282025486 1451903111 9781451903119 1462328687 9781462328680 1451997485 9781451997484 9786613796288 661379628X
ISSN:	2227-8885 ;