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Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis

Economic processes are dynamic, involving decisions that affect resource allocation and production, factor accumulation and depreciation, migration and foreign investment, resource depletion, and consumption. However, while economists have long argued that dynamic effects of policy changes are much more important in the real world than the static effects, this is not reflected in the large majority of applied trade studies. Rather, most applied commercial policy analyses are focused on static effects.
This book is concerned with the implications of dynamic processes for the applied modelling of commercial policy. The critical difference between the implicit dynamics of mainstream trade models, which are often suppressed in the formal analytics, and the focus on dynamic issues in this volume, is the explicit specification of dynamic mechanisms. A wide range of modelling approaches is employed in the volume to investigate an even wider range of policy issues, with an overall objective of further extension of the basic conceptual framework of applied commerical policy analysis in the direction of dynamic issues and applications.
The book examines dynamic aspects of international trade and investment policy, with contributions from leading international economists. Emphasis is placed on methods for the analysis of interactions between commercial policy and leading policy issues like investment performance, economic growth and innovation, the location of industry, migration, and the environment. The book will be a standard reference for anyone interested in the assessment of international trade and investment policy, and applied study of the dynamic implications of trade policy.

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Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds) (1999), ‘Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Francois, J, J Haaland and R Baldwin, ‘Introduction: Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Baldwin, R, ‘Discussion: Transition dynamics and trade policy reform in developing countries‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Nordstrom, H, C Shiells and J Francois, ‘Transition dynamics and trade policy reform in developing countries‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Keuschnigg, C, ‘Discussion: Putting growth effects in computable equilibrium trade models‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Forslid, R and R Baldwin, ‘Putting growth effects in computable equilibrium trade models‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Kohler, W and C Keuschnigg, ‘Innovation, capital accumulation, amd economic transition‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Kehoe, T, ‘Discussion: Multinational production, skilled labour, and real wages‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Venables, A and J Markusen, ‘Multinational production, skilled labour, and real wages‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Neary, P, ‘Discussion: Economic policy and the manufacturing base: hysteresis in location‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Venables, A, ‘Economic policy and the manufacturing base: hysteresis in location‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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McDonald, B, H Nordstrom and J Francois, ‘Trade liberalization and investment in a multilateral framework‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Smith, A, ‘Discussion: Investment creation and investment diversion: simulation analysis of the Single Market programme‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Forslid, R, J Haaland and R Baldwin, ‘Investment creation and investment diversion: simulation analysis of the Single Market programme‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Kohli, U, ‘Discussion: Blueprints, spillovers, and the dynamic gains from trade liberalization in a small open economy‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Tarr, D and T Rutherford, ‘Blueprints, spillovers, and the dynamic gains from trade liberalization in a small open economy‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Nelson, D and J Francois, ‘Trade policy and North-South migration‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Roland-Holst, D, D van der Mensbrugghe and J Beghin, ‘Long-term modelling of trade and environmental linkages‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis

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Roland-Holst, D, ‘Labour markets and dynamic comparative advantage‘, in Francois, J and R Baldwin (eds), Dynamic Issues in Applied Commercial Policy Analysis, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/dynamic-issues-applied-commercial-policy-analysis