The World Economy

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Volume 42, month 12, 2019

Does foreign investment liberalisation enhance women's economic status? Micro‐evidence from urban China pp. 3404-3429

Linhui Yu, Junsen Zhang and Yanbing Wen

Facing up to Trump administration mercantilism: The 2018 WTO trade policy review of the United States pp. 3430-3437

Douglas Nelson

Free trade agreements in a small, open country: The case of Norway pp. 3438-3446

Hege Medin

2018 WTO Trade Policy Review of Malaysia pp. 3447-3463

Luke Okafor and Wing Leong Teo

Reform and opening up in the new era: China trade policy review pp. 3464-3477

Changyuan Luo and Yan Zhi

Evaluation of the trade policy review for Hong Kong China pp. 3478-3487

Eden Yu and Kenneth Chan

Putting Canada in the penalty box: Trade and welfare effects of eliminating North American Free Trade Agreement pp. 3488-3514

Scott Baier, Jeffrey Bergstrand and John P. Bruno

Trade openness, tax reform and tax revenue in developing countries pp. 3515-3536

Sèna Kimm Gnangnon and Jean Brun

Input trade liberalisation, institution and markup: Evidence from China's accession to the WTO pp. 3537-3568

Qilin Mao and Jiayun Xu

Input tariff liberalisation and servitisation in manufacturing: Evidence from China's WTO accession pp. 3569-3587

Shuzhong Ma, Guangjian Xu and Hongsheng Zhang

Trade liberalisation and labour shares in China pp. 3588-3618

Fariha Kamal, Mary E. Lovely and Devashish Mitra

Volume 42, month 11, 2019

Magic mirror in my hand … How trade mirror statistics can help us detect illegal financial flows pp. 3120-3147

Mario Gara, Michele Giammatteo and Enrico Tosti

Can the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership minimise the harm from the United States–China trade war? pp. 3148-3167

Renuka Mahadevan and Anda Nugroho

Clustering effects on firm exporting with productivity‐enhancing R&D in China pp. 3168-3187

Anthony Howell

Rebalancing a lopsided global economy pp. 3188-3234

Adam Triggs

Asymmetric effects of oil price changes on the balance of trade: Evidence from selected African countries pp. 3235-3252

Jungho Baek and Kyoung Doug Kwon

Distance from core competences and new export survival: Evidence from multi‐product exporters pp. 3253-3286

Daniel Goya and Andres Zahler

Exchange rate volatility and Japan–U.S. commodity trade: An asymmetry analysis pp. 3287-3318

Mohsen Bahmani‐Oskooee and Huseyin Karamelikli

Subnational home market bias in Vietnam: Evidence from enterprise‐level data pp. 3319-3349

Catherine Co, Thu Kim Nguyen, Que Nguyet Tran and Tung Nhu Nguyen

Asymmetric cultural discounting and pattern of trade in cultural products: Empirical evidence in motion pictures pp. 3350-3367

Sunny Shin and Jordi Mckenzie

Migration and servicification: Do immigrant employees spur firm exports of services? pp. 3368-3401

Andreas Hatzigeorgiou and Magnus Lodefalk

Volume 42, month 10, 2019

A global compass for the great divergence: Emissions versus production centres of gravity 1820–2008 pp. 2818-2834

Caspar Sauter, Jean-Marie Grether and Nicole Mathys

Pitfalls in the use of foreign direct investment statistics pp. 2835-2853

Clare O'Mahony and Frank Barry

An asymmetric analysis of the J‐curve effect in the commodity trade between China and the US pp. 2854-2899

Mohsen Bahmani‐Oskooee, Niloy Bose and Yun Zhang

Cuba, the centrally planned cigar, and its rivals pp. 2900-2923

Kent Jones

Visegrad economies’ active implication in a “new” EU: A new regional economic approach pp. 2924-2974

Valentin Marian Antohi, Monica Laura Zlati and Romeo Victor Ionescu

Universal basic income: A viable policy alternative? pp. 2975-3000

Pavel Ciaian, Andrey Ivanov and d'Artis Kancs

Asymmetric effects of demand uncertainty on intrafirm trade in durable and non‐durable industries pp. 3001-3029

Sooyoung Lee

Foreign direct investment productivity premium and foreign affiliates' heterogeneity: A comparison between advanced and emerging market overseas investments in the EU pp. 3030-3064

Rosanna Pittiglio and Filippo Reganati

Does global value chain engagement improve firms' wages: Evidence from China pp. 3065-3085

Yue Lu, Yunlong Lu, Rui Xie and Xiao Yu

Assessing the impact of unilateral trade policies EBA and AGOA on African beneficiaries' exports using matching econometrics pp. 3086-3118

Zakaria Sorgho and Joe Tharakan

Volume 42, month 09, 2019

The volatility of world trade in the 21st century: Whose fault is it anyway? pp. 2508-2545

Federico Bennett, Daniel Lederman, Samuel Pienknagura and Diego Rojas

Forecasting exchange rates with commodity prices—a global country analysis pp. 2546-2565

Martin Baumgärtner and Jens Klose

The DNA of the domestic value added (DVA) in exports: Firm‐level analysis of DVA in exports pp. 2566-2601

Nataša Vrh

Kick‐starting diffusion: Explaining the varying frequency of preferential trade agreements’ environmental provisions by their initial conditions pp. 2602-2628

Jean‐Frédéric Morin, Dominique Blümer, Clara Brandi and Axel Berger

Trade, migration costs and asymmetric migration patterns pp. 2629-2648

Rajat Acharyya, Hamid Beladi and Saibal Kar

A global analysis of factors impacting the intensive and extensive margins of bilateral foreign direct investment pp. 2649-2667

Anh T. N. Nguyen

Natural disasters and countries' exports: New insights from a new (and an old) database pp. 2668-2683

Hajare El Hadri, Daniel Mirza and Isabelle Rabaud

Does aid for trade diversify the export structure of recipient countries? pp. 2684-2722

Yu Ri Kim

Density of local cadres and regional economic performance: Evidence from China pp. 2723-2744

Wei Jiang, Danli Wang and Yixin Yang

Detecting learning‐by‐exporting effects on firms' productivity distribution by accounting for heterogeneous macrofactors and panel attrition pp. 2745-2773

Maria Ferrante and Marzia Freo

Public export credit insurance in the Netherlands: An input–output approach pp. 2774-2789

Marcel van den Berg, Ilke Van Beveren, Oscar Lemmers, Tommy Span and Adam N. Walker

Varieties of regional integration, international trade networks and risk pp. 2790-2815

Sandra Seno‐Alday

Volume 42, month 08, 2019

Inequality, leverage and crises: Theory and evidence revisited pp. 2280-2299

Xinhua Gu, Pui Sun Tam, Yang Zhang and Chun Kwok Lei

Foreign competition and quality sorting: Overlaps in US and Chinese exports pp. 2300-2325

Karsten Mau

Do deeper regional trade agreements enhance international technology spillovers? pp. 2326-2363

Naoto Jinji, Xingyuan Zhang and Shoji Haruna

Access to imported intermediates and intra‐firm wage inequality pp. 2364-2384

Ying Ge, Tony Fang and Yeheng Jiang

Does vertical specialisation increase productivity? pp. 2385-2402

Cristina Constantinescu, Aaditya Mattoo and Michele Ruta

Which foreign states support the global use of the Chinese renminbi? The international political economy of currency internationalisation pp. 2403-2426

Hyoung-kyu Chey, Geun‐Young Kim and Dong Hyun Lee

A dynamic analysis of the impacts of export taxes: The case of Argentinean soy and beef markets pp. 2427-2451

Stephen Devadoss, Jeff Luckstead and William Ridley

Empirical evidence on surrogate country method for non‐market economy: US anti‐dumping policy towards China pp. 2452-2466

Hyerim Kim and Dukgeun Ahn

Regime switching in the reactions of stock markets in Saudi Arabia to oil price variations pp. 2467-2506

Jamel Jouini and Wajih Khallouli

Volume 42, month 07, 2019

Is fiscal revenue concentration ratio in China too high? pp. 1932-1960

Hongsheng Fang, Wenjun Shuai, Linhui Yu and Jun Zhang

The development trinity: How regional integration impacts growth, inequality and poverty pp. 1961-1993

Amelia U. Santos‐Paulino, Alisa DiCaprio and Maria Sokolova

Export‐led growth and its determinants: Evidence from Central and Eastern European countries pp. 1994-2025

Jan Hagemejer and Jakub Mućk

Quality wars in the North pp. 2026-2038

Yoonho Choi and Eun Kwan Choi

Capital flows to Asia and Latin America: Does institutional quality matter? pp. 2039-2069

Vandana Arya, Rajabrata Banerjee and Tony Cavoli

How does import processing time impact export patterns? pp. 2070-2088

Kazunobu Hayakawa, Nuttawut Laksanapanyakul and Taiyo Yoshimi

Does host market regulation induce cross‐border environmental innovation? pp. 2089-2119

Giovanni Marin and Antonello Zanfei

Effects of aid for trade on extensive and intensive margins of greenfield FDI pp. 2120-2143

Dung Ly‐My and Hyun-Hoon Lee

Entry decisions of multinational firms: The role of competition threats pp. 2144-2171

Cathy Ge Bao

Dependence between the global gold market and emerging stock markets (E7+1): Evidence from Granger causality using quantile and quantile‐on‐quantile regression methods pp. 2172-2214

Aviral Tiwari, Adeolu O. Adewuyi and David Roubaud

Chinese trade price and Yuan's valuation pp. 2215-2243

Yichen Gao, Li Gan and Qi Li

Income and social communication: The demographics of stock market participation pp. 2244-2277

Ming Gao, Juanjuan Meng and Longkai Zhao

Volume 42, month 06, 2019

The Eurasian Landbridge and China's Belt and Road Initiative: Demand, supply of services and public policy pp. 1642-1653

Richard Pomfret

“Going global” and FDI inflows in China: “One Belt & One Road” initiative as a quasi‐natural experiment pp. 1654-1672

Changyuan Luo, Qingyuan Chai and Huiyao Chen

China's one belt one road initiative: The impact of trade facilitation versus physical infrastructure on exports pp. 1673-1694

Bala Ramasamy and Matthew C. H. Yeung

Competitive pressure, innovation and trade protection: Evidence from US patent data pp. 1695-1712

Benjamin Liebman and Kara Reynolds

Do we need deeper trade agreements for GVCs or just a BIT? pp. 1713-1739

Mauro Boffa, Marion Jansen and Olga Solleder

Exporting, demand for skills and skill mismatch: Evidence from employers' hiring practices pp. 1740-1773

Vera Brencic and Marko Pahor

Exchange rate policies in Asia in an era of financial globalisation: An empirical assessment pp. 1774-1795

Tony Cavoli, Sasidaran Gopalan and Ramkishen Rajan

The volatility effect of diaspora's location pp. 1796-1827

Eric Rougier and Nicolas Yol

Estimating the revenue costs of tax treaties in developing countries pp. 1828-1849

Petr Janský and Marek Sedivy

Measuring and improving the performance of customs valuation controls: An illustration with Gabon pp. 1850-1872

Joël Cariolle, Cyril Chalendard, Anne‐Marie Geourjon and Bertrand Laporte

Does capital punishment deter white‐collar crimes? pp. 1873-1897

Rajeev Goel and Ummad Mazhar

The world stock markets under geopolitical risks: Dependence structure pp. 1898-1930

Jong‐Eun Lee

Volume 42, month 05, 2019

Labour market characteristics and surviving import shocks pp. 1288-1315

Jeff Chan

Do bilateral investment treaties attract foreign direct investment? The role of international dispute settlement provisions pp. 1316-1342

Michael Frenkel and Benedikt Walter

Why did the equity home bias fall during the financial panic of 2008? pp. 1343-1372

Matthew M. Wynter

Exchange rate regime and external adjustment: An empirical investigation for the US pp. 1373-1399

Alberto Fuertes

How exporting firms respond to technical barriers to trade? pp. 1400-1426

Cui Hu, Faqin Lin, Yong Tan and Yihong Tang

Anti‐dumping duty circumvention through trade rerouting: Evidence from Chinese exporters pp. 1427-1466

Xuepeng Liu and Huimin Shi

Domestic value chains as stepping stones to global value chain integration pp. 1467-1494

Cosimo Beverelli, Victor Stolzenburg, Robert Koopman and Simon Neumueller

Capability and need: A framework for understanding why states create sovereign wealth funds pp. 1495-1519

Cody D. Eldredge

Asymmetric effects of cultural institutes on trade and foreign direct investment pp. 1520-1553

Donald Lien, Melody Lo and David Bojanic

Evaluating the effect of the introduction of the euro on tourist flows: A synthetic control approach pp. 1554-1575

William Addessi, Bianca Biagi and Maria Brandano

The role of foreign affiliate productivity in the integration strategies of multinational firms pp. 1576-1597

Jae‐Joon Han, Hongshik Lee and Joonhyung Lee

Comparing approval procedures for new drugs pp. 1598-1619

Nicolas Houy and Izabela Jelovac

Who benefits from partial tax coordination? pp. 1620-1640

Yutao Han and Xi Wan

Volume 42, month 04, 2019

Wage convergence and trade pp. 988-1011

Yixiao Zhou and Harry Bloch

Does FDI increase productivity? The role of regulation in upstream industries pp. 1012-1031

Sotiris Papaioannou and Sophia Dimelis

Has the crisis affected Spanish investment strategy abroad? A spatial panel data approach pp. 1032-1056

Paula Gutiérrez‐Portilla, Adolfo Maza and José Villaverde

Trade barriers or trade facilitators? The heterogeneous impact of food standards in international trade pp. 1057-1076

Hege Medin

The common sources of business cycles in Trans‐Pacific countries and the US? A comparison with NAFTA pp. 1077-1109

Uluc Aysun and Takeshi Yagihashi

Market knowledge: Evidence from importers pp. 1110-1151

Aksel Erbahar

Examining political connections to study institutional change: Evidence from two unexpected election outcomes in South Korea pp. 1152-1179

Kai Jäger and Seungjun Kim

Effects of the preference for environmental quality on the export competition between China and OECD countries pp. 1180-1199

Jung La

Does regulation drive international research cooperation? Evidence from the pharmaceutical sector pp. 1200-1223

Anna Rita Bennato and Laura Magazzini

Parallel trade with an endogenous market structure pp. 1224-1233

Pei‐Cyuan Shih, Hong Hwang and Cheng-Hau Peng

How does capital control spur economic growth? pp. 1234-1258

Zongye Huang and Yu You

Propagation of changes in demand through international trade: A case study of China pp. 1259-1285

Jochen Andritzky, Bernhard Kassner and Wolf Heinrich Reuter

Volume 42, month 03, 2019

Like it or not? How the economic and institutional environment shapes individual attitudes towards multinational enterprises pp. 636-679

Philipp Harms and Jakob Schwab

Did foreign exchange holding influence growth performance during the global financial crisis? pp. 680-710

Jean‐Pierre Allegret and Audrey Allegret

Export product range and economic growth in the EU countries pp. 711-737

Ville Kaitila

Understanding the international mobility of Chinese temporary workers pp. 738-758

Hongyong Zhang

Is FTA/EPA effective for a developing country to attract FDI? The knowledge‐capital model revisited pp. 759-784

Kazuhiko Oyamada

Domestic and export performances of French firms pp. 785-817

José Bardaji, Jean-Charles Bricongne, Benoît Campagne and Guillaume Gaulier

The economic consequences of corporate tax rates reductions in the EU: Evidence using a computable general equilibrium model pp. 818-845

María Teresa Álvarez‐Martínez, Salvador Barrios, Diego d'Andria, Maria Gesualdo, Dimitrios Pontikakis and Jonathan Pycroft

Nowcasting global economic growth: A factor‐augmented mixed‐frequency approach pp. 846-875

Laurent Ferrara and Clément Marsilli

Analysis on the determinants of currency invoicing in Korean trade pp. 876-900

Kwang Myoung Hwang, Kyungmin Kim, Chung Seak Roh and Mijin Kim

A dynamic model of firm activities: Evidence from Danish manufacturing pp. 901-935

Kaleb G. Abreha

Why has the United States continued to receive net investment income as a debtor country? pp. 936-958

Juann H. Hung and Yu‐Yun Chang

The globalisation–welfare state nexus: Evidence from Asia pp. 959-974

Niklas Potrafke

Czech privatisation 25 years later pp. 975-986

Marek Louzek

Volume 42, month 02, 2019

Assessing the sustainability of external imbalances in the European Union pp. 320-348

Antonio Afonso, Florence Huart, Joao Jalles and Piotr Stanek

Firm strategies in expanding and diversifying exports pp. 349-375

Martina Lawless, Iulia Siedschlag and Zuzanna Studnicka

Market access implications of non‐tariff measures: Estimates for four developed country markets pp. 376-395

Mike Webb, John Gibson and Anna Strutt

Aid for trade and export diversification in recipient‐countries pp. 396-418

Sèna Kimm Gnangnon

On the tax bias against investments in fixed assets: Empirical evidence from China pp. 419-428

Zhiyong An

Why do migrants remit? pp. 429-452

Seyedsoroosh Azizi

Composition of trade flows and the effectiveness of fiscal devaluation pp. 453-477

Mario Holzner, Marina Tkalec and Goran Vukšić

On the measurement of investment types: Heterogeneity in corporate tax elasticities pp. 478-508

Hendrik Jungmann and Simon Loretz

The effects of social networks on the flow of international students pp. 509-529

Eric Stuen and Stefanie Ramirez

The rise of dollar credit in emerging market economies and US monetary policy pp. 530-551

Anni Huang and N Kishor

The future impact of Trans‐Pacific Partnership’s rule‐making achievements: The case study of e‐commerce pp. 552-563

Shintaro Hamanaka

Firm heterogeneity and aggregate business services exports: Micro evidence from Belgium, France, Germany and Spain pp. 564-589

Andrea Ariu, Elena Biewen, Sven Blank, Guillaume Gaulier, María Jesus González, Philipp Meinen, Daniel Mirza, Cesar Martin Machuca and Patry Tello

Examining Dutch disease across Australian regions pp. 590-613

Muhammad Shafiullah, Saroja Selvanathan, Athula Naranpanawa and Andreas Chai

Monetary policy, inequality and political instability pp. 614-634

Pablo Duarte and Gunther Schnabl

Volume 42, month 01, 2019

The economic impact of Brexit on the UK economy pp. 2-4

David Greenaway and Chris Milner

The economic effects of the UK government's proposed Brexit deal pp. 5-20

Arno Hantzsche, Amit Kara and Garry Young

Which manufacturing industries and sectors are most vulnerable to Brexit? pp. 21-56

Michael Gasiorek, Ilona Serwicka and Alasdair Smith

The effects of Brexit on the UK economy pp. 57-67

A. Patrick Minford

Heterogeneous effects of competitiveness shocks on macroeconomic performance across euro area countries pp. 68-86

Karsten Staehr and Robert Vermeulen

The welfare effects of free trade agreements in quantitative trade models: A comparison of studies about Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership pp. 87-121

Eddy Bekkers and Hugo Rojas‐Romagosa

On the exposure of the BRIC countries to global economic shocks pp. 122-142

Ansgar Belke, Christian Dreger and Irina Dubova

Exports and governance: Is the Middle East and North Africa region different? pp. 143-174

Inmaculada Martínez‐Zarzoso and Laura Márquez‐Ramos

Global value chains and inward foreign direct investment in the 2000s pp. 175-196

Enrique Martínez‐Galán and Maria Paula Fontoura

The effect of diplomatic representation on trade: A panel data analysis pp. 197-225

Robin Visser

Business cycle synchronisation in East Asia: The role of value‐added trade pp. 226-241

Wei Jiang, Yunong Li and Shajuan Zhang

Bank finance for private firms in China: Does political capital still pay off? pp. 242-267

Wenli Cheng and Yongzheng Wu

Firm heterogeneity and international trade in services pp. 268-295

Masayuki Morikawa

From conventional to unconventional monetary policies: The failure of the market‐maker of last resort pp. 296-317

Gabriel Giménez Roche and Nathalie Janson