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“New Goods” Trade in the Baltics
We analyze the role of the new goods margin—those goods that initially account for very small volumes of trade—in the Ba…
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Trade Preferences Removal – The Case of Belarus
How does the removal of trade preferences influence the exports of the affected country? We study this question on the e…
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Higher Competition in the Domestic Market – A Way to Boost Aggregate Productivity
Competition is a good thing not only because of lower prices and larger variety. Higher competition in the domestic mark…
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The Economics of Russian Import Substitution
This policy brief discusses the economic mechanisms triggered by import substitution policies, associated losses and con…
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Effects of Trade Wars on Belarus
The trade wars following the 2014 events in Ukraine affected not only the directly involved participants, but also count…
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Intermediate and Capital Goods Import and Economic Growth in Belarus
This policy brief presents estimation results of the influence of intermediate and capital goods (ICGs) imports on GDP g…
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The Economic Complexity of Transition Economies
‘Diversification’ is a constant concern of policy-makers in resource rich economies, but measurement of diversification…
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Non-Tariff Barriers and Trade Integration in the EAEU
It is a commonly held view that the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is a political enterprise (Popescu, 2014) that has li…
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Changes in Oil Price and Economic Impacts
Authors: Chloé Le Coq and Zorica Trkulja, SITE. Oil has for decades been perceived as a necessary and highly addictive e…
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