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fall in corruption. This fall is quite large, especially for Syria and Algeria. The improvement would move these countries almost to the level of corruption observed currently in Turkey and the improvement in corruption level in Turkey would move it to the level of corruption observed in the Czech Republic. Figure 3 shows the levels of corruption before and after proposed deregulation to the level of 8 NMS mean plus the current mean of corruption in the two regions. Figure 3 Current versus predicted level of corruption 0.80 0.30 -0.20 -0.70 -1.20 ALGERIA EGYPT ISRAEL JORDAN LEBANON MOROCCO SYRIA TUNISIA TURKEY WEST BANK 121 CZECH REPUBLIC ESTONIA HUNGARY Current level of corruption Predicted level after deregulation NMS Mean MENA Mean Source: Own calculation based on Control of Corruption Index by Kaufmann, Kraay and Mastruzzi (2006). "Governance Matters V: Governance Indicators for 1996-2005". World Bank Policy Research September 2006 However, Israel and Tunisia have a lower level of regulation than the 8 New Member States' average (shown in outlines in figure 3). As a result, a change in the level of regulation to the NMS8 level would mean an effective increase in regulation. Therefore, this would increase corruption instead of decreasing it. This result seems plausible too, though it is very important to remember, that post-communist countries suffer from legacies of the now obsolete system of central planning. By definition, central planning involved vast and substantial direct governmental intervention in economic decision-making. Therefore, these countries have a very high level of regulation even though liberalization is still undergoing. This is not in any way connected to the bureaucratic rigidities often ridiculed by opponents of the European LATVIA LITHUANIA POLAND SLOVAK REPUBLIC SLOVENIA
Union. In fact, the level of regulation and the time spent dealing with the bureaucracy is much lower in the EU-15 countries than in the 8 NMS by almost an order of significance. 59 Furthermore, as discussed above, the European Commission was a major force behind deregulation in many areas of economic activity in the NMS. 59 Especially given the fact that Italy, Spain, and Portugal tend to seriously lag behind the other old members in terms of bureaucratic hold-ups. 122
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In collaboration with: F E M I S E
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Table of contents INTRODUCTION AND
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Introduction and summary In the pro
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that of the NMS, we would observe a
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accession to the EU. Instead, a num
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trade area (FTA). The Agadir Agreem
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liberalization has taken five years
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signed Europe Agreements, EFTA and
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used as industry organization varia
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The main goal of the project was to
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Chapter 1: Assessing trade liberali
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Agricultural Policy (CAP). Further
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Agreements concluded with the MPCs.
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n lnTijt = ∑ k= 1 β RTAijt + α1
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Preferential trade liberalization i
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the EU enlargement, the EFTA lost t
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The most important of these was the
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The Definitions of the Variables an
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Estimates for the whole CEE sample
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agreements is, however, mixed. Whil
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The OLS estimates suggest that both
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Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Lith
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Czech Slovak Republic Estonia Hunga
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products. The provisions of the Eur
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foreseen to take effect in 2005. Ho
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Similar to the AMU, the ACC was for
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Unfortunately, the data on capital
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Table 2. The estimates for bilatera
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obust, while the dummy variable for
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Yi (partner) 0.944 1.009 2.267 1.96
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Agreements on the third countries a
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Chapter 2: Grossman-Helpman Model I
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N function (U ), given by: + ( ) u
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Page 85 and 86: Appendix Table 2 Estimation results
Page 87 and 88: Table 4 Estimation results using mo
Page 89 and 90: Testing Grossman-Helpman model for
Page 91 and 92: practice most importers do not pay
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Page 99 and 100: policy reforms. On the other hand i
Page 101 and 102: Table 1 Estimation results for Isra
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Page 107 and 108: The Importance of Corruption A subs
Page 109 and 110: transition countries. Sekkat and Ve
Page 111 and 112: society. In addition, they show tha
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Page 121: levels have been used to derive fur
Page 125 and 126: Table 2 List of the Commonly Raised
Page 127 and 128: Table 6 Predicted improvement (show
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Page 131 and 132: AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANGO
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Page 135 and 136: Hines, J.R. (1995). Forbidden Payme
Page 137 and 138: PellegriniI, Lorenzo and Gerlagh, R
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