JEL code: F13

Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations

Shedding light on AGOA
This week, after much anticipation, the AGOA Forum was hosted in Na...
Gracelin Baskaran, Margaux Giannaros
Podcast
Dr Matthew Stern on understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance
An issue often overlooked in many discussions is that of exports an...
Margaux Giannaros, Matthew Stern
Podcast
Part 3: International perspectives and South Africa’s trade policy
The discussion is based on two papers: and Understanding South Afr...
Sherman Robinson, Montford Mlachila, Matthew Simmonds, Marianne Matthee, Matthew Stern
Dialogue
Human capital and the timing of the first birth
This paper constructs and partially characterizes the solution of a...
Jesse Naidoo
Working Paper
Understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance
Policy Paper 26 South Africa’s exports have lagged behind the rest ...
Matthew Stern, Yash Ramkolowan
Policy Paper
On sensitivity of Genetic Matching to the choice of balance measure
This paper considers the sensitivity of Genetic Matching (GenMatch)...
Adeola Oyenubi
Working Paper
The impact of AGOA on export flows from sub-Saharan Africa: A dynamic system GMM analysis
This study seeks to understand the relationship between the United ...
Paul Alagidede, Oro Ufuo
Working Paper
Imported Inputs, Government Support and Performance of Manufacturing Exporters
We evaluate the effectiveness of trade policy incentive that promot...
Lawrence Edwards, Peter W. Chacha
Working Paper
The Impact of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement on the South African ...
This paper analyses the effects of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite F...
Heinrich R. Bohlmann, Matthew W. Clance, Leoné Walters
Working Paper
Bilateral Investment Treaties: An unfair proposition for Developing countries
After the explosive expansion of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT...
Umakrishnan Kollamparambil
Policy Brief
Trade Liberalization, Rival Exporters and Reallocation of Production: An Analysis of In...
Employing a difference-in-difference estimation technique on firm-l...
Lawrence Edwards, Asha Sundaram
Working Paper
The Export-Output Relationship in South Africa: An Empirical Investigation
This study re-investigates the empirical relationship between expor...
Paul Cipamba Wa Cipamba
Working Paper
The importance of courts for trade credit in East African manufacturing firms
Policy Paper 09 This paper examines the importance of courts for tr...
Sheshangai Kaniki
Policy Paper
US Trade and Wages: The Misleading Implications of Conventional Trade Theory
Conventional trade theory, which combines the Heckscher-Ohlin theor...
Robert Lawrence, Lawrence Edwards
Working Paper
Trade liberalisation and labour demand within South African manufacturing firms
Using new detailed tariff data, wages disaggregated by skill level ...
Lawrence Edwards, Alberto Behar
Working Paper
Trade liberalisation and labour demand within South African manufacturing firms
Using new detailed tariff data, wages disaggregated by skill level ...
Lawrence Edwards, Alberto Behar
Working Paper