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No. 188 | 26 Apr 2016 |
The Routine Content Of Occupations
This work proposes a novel measure of the routine content of occupations, called the Routine Intensity Indicator (RII), built on data from the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey. The RII uses... |
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No. 102 | 19 Jul 2010 |
The Use of International Standards in Technical Regulation
To what extent are governments drawing on relevant international standards in their technical regulations, as mandated by the WTO TBT Agreement? A number of sources of data exist, including electronic databases maintained by governments, but they... |
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No. 276 | 27 Oct 2023 |
The climate implications of government support in aluminium smelting and steelmaking
This report combines multiple novel datasets to provide evidence that government support has contributed to increased carbon emissions from aluminium and steelmaking activities through an increase in production output and by shifting production to... |
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No. 238 | 08 Jul 2020 |
The costs of regulatory barriers to trade in services
This paper presents new estimates of policy-induced trade costs in five services sectors for 46 countries. Results demonstrate the significant untapped economic potential of multilateral, plurilateral, and unilateral services trade liberalisation.... |
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No. 252 | 20 Sept 2021 |
The impact of COVID-19 on directions and structure of international trade
2020 marked some of the largest reductions in trade and output volumes since WWII. Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic and using the latest monthly and quarterly data on international trade of selected countries and products, this paper documents key... |
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No. 235 | 14 Jan 2020 |
The mining global value chain
The mining sector accounts for a substantial share of exports and GDP in some countries, but rarely creates many direct jobs. This paper examines the mining sector using a value chain perspective, looking at both direct and indirect inputs and... |
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No. 213 | 28 Mar 2018 |
The value of market access and national treatment commitments in services trade agreements
This paper looks at market access and national treatment commitments for services in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and in 95 regional trade agreements (RTAs) involving the countries that are covered in the OECD Services Trade... |
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No. 108 | 01 Mar 2011 |
To What Extent Are High-Quality Logistics Services Trade Facilitating?
Trade logistics facilitate trade. Quality logistics services play an important role in facilitating the transportation of international trade in goods: inefficient logistics services impede trade by imposing an extra cost in terms of time as well as... |
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No. 119 | 10 Oct 2011 |
To What Extent Do Exchange Rates and their Volatility Affect Trade?
Trade deficits and surpluses are sometimes attributed to intentionally low or high exchange rate levels. The impact of exchange rate levels on trade has been much debated but the large body of existing empirical literature does not suggest an... |
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No. 280 | 17 Apr 2024 |
Towards demystifying trade dependencies
Supply chain disruptions, related to natural events or geopolitical tensions, have in recent years prompted policy makers to identify potential vulnerabilities related to critical trade dependencies. These are commercial links that could potentially... |
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No. 150 | 23 Apr 2013 |
Trade Costs - What Have We Learned?
Understanding trade costs is essential for formulating policy interventions designed to reduce such costs. This report synthesises all OECD work on cost factors across the entire trade chain. These factors can be located behind the border, such as... |
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No. 136 | 22 Mar 2012 |
Trade Effects of Exchange Rates and their Volatility: Chile and New Zealand
Trade deficits and surpluses are sometimes attributed to intentionally low or high exchange rate levels. The impact of exchange rate levels on trade has been much debated but the large body of existing empirical literature does not suggest an... |
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No. 144 | 04 Mar 2013 |
Trade Facilitation Indicators
This report presents the findings of the OECD indicators for assessing the impact of specific trade facilitation measures on developing countries’ trade. Sixteen trade facilitation indicators (TFIs) have been constructed, corresponding to the main... |
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No. 118 | 22 Aug 2011 |
Trade Facilitation Indicators
This report presents the findings of the OECD indicators for assessing the economic and trade impact of specific trade facilitation measures in OECD countries. Twelve trade facilitation indicators (TFIs) have been constructed, corresponding to the... |
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No. 12 | 22 Feb 2005 |
Trade Facilitation Reforms in the Service of Development
This document presents country studies on customs reforms that have taken place in Mozambique, Angola, Pakistan and Peru. The studies were used as supporting material for the report on "Trade Facilitation Reforms in the Service of Development"... |
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No. 87 | 03 Apr 2009 |
Trade Impacts of Selected Regional Trade Agreements in Agriculture
This paper provides an in-depth examination of the trade effects of three regional trade agreements (RTAs) – the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern Cone Common Market... |
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No. 23 | 14 Oct 2005 |
Trade Interests of the Tsunami Affected Countries
Since a catastrophic Tsunami hit coastal areas around the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, many have suggested that trade could be a more useful instrument to assist the recovery of affected countries than aid transfers alone. To probe this... |
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No. 70 | 07 Feb 2008 |
Trade Liberalisation and Economic Performance
This paper, together with four other country case studies, is a part of a broader research programme addressing trade and structural adjustment issues in non-member economies which was conducted as a follow-up to Trade and Structural Adjustment:... |
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No. 19 | 06 Jun 2005 |
Trade Policy
This report describes the complex and changing interrelationship between trade, domestic investment and foreign direct investment (FDI) and provides examples of good practices in trade policymaking that create a healthy investment climate in... |
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No. 161 | 24 Dec 2013 |
Trade Policy Implications of Global Value Chains
Taking global value chains (GVCs) into account has important implications for trade policy. When production is vertically fragmented and trade in intermediate inputs is prevalent, one has to look differently at a certain number of issues. Through... |
OECD Trade Policy Papers
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The Routine Content Of Occupations
Luca Marcolin, Sébastien Miroudot and Mariagrazia Squicciarini
26 Apr 2016
This work proposes a novel measure of the routine content of occupations, called the Routine Intensity Indicator (RII), built on data from the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey. The RII uses...
The Use of International Standards in Technical Regulation
Barbara Fliess, Frédéric Gonzales, Jeonghoi Kim and Raymond Schonfeld
19 Jul 2010
To what extent are governments drawing on relevant international standards in their technical regulations, as mandated by the WTO TBT Agreement? A number of sources of data exist, including electronic databases maintained by governments, but they...
The climate implications of government support in aluminium smelting and steelmaking
Grégoire Garsous, Donal Smith and Dylan Bourny
27 Oct 2023
This report combines multiple novel datasets to provide evidence that government support has contributed to increased carbon emissions from aluminium and steelmaking activities through an increase in production output and by shifting production to...
The costs of regulatory barriers to trade in services
Sebastian Benz and Alexander Jaax
08 Jul 2020
This paper presents new estimates of policy-induced trade costs in five services sectors for 46 countries. Results demonstrate the significant untapped economic potential of multilateral, plurilateral, and unilateral services trade liberalisation....
The impact of COVID-19 on directions and structure of international trade
Christine Arriola, Przemyslaw Kowalski and Frank van Tongeren
20 Sept 2021
2020 marked some of the largest reductions in trade and output volumes since WWII. Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic and using the latest monthly and quarterly data on international trade of selected countries and products, this paper documents key...
The mining global value chain
Jane Korinek
14 Jan 2020
The mining sector accounts for a substantial share of exports and GDP in some countries, but rarely creates many direct jobs. This paper examines the mining sector using a value chain perspective, looking at both direct and indirect inputs and...
The value of market access and national treatment commitments in services trade agreements
Philipp Lamprecht and Sébastien Miroudot
28 Mar 2018
This paper looks at market access and national treatment commitments for services in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and in 95 regional trade agreements (RTAs) involving the countries that are covered in the OECD Services Trade...
To What Extent Are High-Quality Logistics Services Trade Facilitating?
Jane Korinek and Patricia Sourdin
01 Mar 2011
Trade logistics facilitate trade. Quality logistics services play an important role in facilitating the transportation of international trade in goods: inefficient logistics services impede trade by imposing an extra cost in terms of time as well as...
To What Extent Do Exchange Rates and their Volatility Affect Trade?
Marilyne Huchet-Bourdon and Jane Korinek
10 Oct 2011
Trade deficits and surpluses are sometimes attributed to intentionally low or high exchange rate levels. The impact of exchange rate levels on trade has been much debated but the large body of existing empirical literature does not suggest an...
Towards demystifying trade dependencies
Christine Arriola, Mattia Cai, Przemyslaw Kowalski, Sébastien Miroudot and Frank van Tongeren
17 Apr 2024
Supply chain disruptions, related to natural events or geopolitical tensions, have in recent years prompted policy makers to identify potential vulnerabilities related to critical trade dependencies. These are commercial links that could potentially...
Trade Costs - What Have We Learned?
Evdokia Moïsé and Florian Le Bris
23 Apr 2013
Understanding trade costs is essential for formulating policy interventions designed to reduce such costs. This report synthesises all OECD work on cost factors across the entire trade chain. These factors can be located behind the border, such as...
Trade Effects of Exchange Rates and their Volatility: Chile and New Zealand
Marilyne Huchet-Bourdon and Jane Korinek
22 Mar 2012
Trade deficits and surpluses are sometimes attributed to intentionally low or high exchange rate levels. The impact of exchange rate levels on trade has been much debated but the large body of existing empirical literature does not suggest an...
Trade Facilitation Indicators
Evdokia Moïsé and Silvia Sorescu
04 Mar 2013
This report presents the findings of the OECD indicators for assessing the impact of specific trade facilitation measures on developing countries’ trade. Sixteen trade facilitation indicators (TFIs) have been constructed, corresponding to the main...
Trade Facilitation Indicators
Evdokia Moïsé, Thomas Orliac and Peter Minor
22 Aug 2011
This report presents the findings of the OECD indicators for assessing the economic and trade impact of specific trade facilitation measures in OECD countries. Twelve trade facilitation indicators (TFIs) have been constructed, corresponding to the...
Trade Facilitation Reforms in the Service of Development
Evdokia Moïsé
22 Feb 2005
This document presents country studies on customs reforms that have taken place in Mozambique, Angola, Pakistan and Peru. The studies were used as supporting material for the report on "Trade Facilitation Reforms in the Service of Development"...
Trade Impacts of Selected Regional Trade Agreements in Agriculture
Jane Korinek and Mark Melatos
03 Apr 2009
This paper provides an in-depth examination of the trade effects of three regional trade agreements (RTAs) – the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern Cone Common Market...
Trade Interests of the Tsunami Affected Countries
Hyung-Jong Lee and Karinne Logez
14 Oct 2005
Since a catastrophic Tsunami hit coastal areas around the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, many have suggested that trade could be a more useful instrument to assist the recovery of affected countries than aid transfers alone. To probe this...
Trade Liberalisation and Economic Performance
Jose Duran, Nanno Mulder and Osamu Onodera
07 Feb 2008
This paper, together with four other country case studies, is a part of a broader research programme addressing trade and structural adjustment issues in non-member economies which was conducted as a follow-up to Trade and Structural Adjustment:...
Trade Policy
OECD
06 Jun 2005
This report describes the complex and changing interrelationship between trade, domestic investment and foreign direct investment (FDI) and provides examples of good practices in trade policymaking that create a healthy investment climate in...
Trade Policy Implications of Global Value Chains
Sébastien Miroudot, Dorothée Rouzet and Francesca Spinelli
24 Dec 2013
Taking global value chains (GVCs) into account has important implications for trade policy. When production is vertically fragmented and trade in intermediate inputs is prevalent, one has to look differently at a certain number of issues. Through...