Covid-19 Shock: Pass-Through to Consumer Prices in Tunisia, Economic Research Forum Working Paper 1535
21 March 2022
In this paper, we evaluate the pass-through of the COVID-19 shock on international prices and trade policy to consumer prices in Tunisia. Specifically, we evaluate the extent to which changes in import unit values, tariffs, non-tariff measures, and new ex ...
Impact of COVIDE19 on Tunisian Imports, Economic Research Forum Working Paper
19 February 2022
COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruption of trade flows between countries, revealing the vulnerability of global value chains. This unexpected event sparked a public debate on devising new policies to increase the resilience of value chains. This s ...
“Global value chains in the age of internet: what opportunities for Africa?“
19 February 2022
This chapter analyses the impact of the internet on global value chains (GVCs) in Africa. We investigate the effect of internet adoption on forward participation and backward participation of African countries in GVCs. We conduct the estimations using cou ...
"High growth firms and trade linkages: Imports do matter", published in Small Business Economics
19 February 2022
This paper examines the association between high-growth firm status and global linkages with special focus on the role of imports. We rely on a rich panel data covering all formal firms in Tunisia between 1999 and 2015. Our results show that firms that im ...
La libéralisation commerciale est-elle toujours bénéfique?
5 April 2021
Messages Clés: 1. La réduction tarifaire suite à la libéralisation commerciale diminue les prix locaux en Tunisie de seulement 10%. 2. La raison principale est le manque de compétitivité dû à la forte concentration de pouvoir de marché aux mains de quelqu ...
Global value chains in the age of internet: what opportunities for Africa?
5 April 2021
This chapter analyses the impact of the internet on global value chains (GVCs) in Africa. We investigate the effect of internet adoption on forward participation and backward participation of African countries in GVCs. We conduct the estimations using cou ...
Is Tunisia trade policy pro-poor
5 April 2021
The 2015 joint report emphasized that the greatest impact on poverty reduction will come from a coherent and multi-pronged approach that addresses these specific constraints. To this end, the report discussed policy actions that governments can take indiv ...
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