PURPOSE This white paper addresses a burning question related to investment promotion and trade promotion synergies: Are Trade Promotion Organizations and Investment Promotion Agencies merging? In order to better understand Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) and if their services and goals present similarities with Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs), this whitepaper identifies the four majo...

The effective factors on the economic growth of Iran during the first 5-year development plan are studied. The main characteristics of this period are that the first development plan began after the end of war during which some of the unused capacities of the war period were utilized. While the budget deficit was continued in this period the government also pursued policies such as devaluation ...

The fishing industry not only acts as foreign exchange earner but also plays an important role in China’s economy. But with the development of technology and liberalization of international trade, the foreign countries adopted in succession trade barriers to limit China’s fishery product export, which had make China’s fishery product export disproportionated with fishery products production. By...

This study examines the effectiveness of price versus nonprice promotion programs for U.S. poultry exports. A comparative static simulation framework is specified for this purpose. The elasticities needed for the simulation model are estimated using seemingly unrelated regression and time-varying parameter regression techniques. Results from this study indicate that a price subsidy is more effe...

This paper evaluates the effects of the FAMEX export promotion program in Tunisia on the performance of beneficiary firms. While much of the literature assesses only the short-term impact of such programs, the paper considers also the longer-term impact. Propensity-score matching, difference-in-difference, and weighted least squares estimates suggest that beneficiaries initially see faster expo...

The rapid world economic growth have stimulated the businesses towards involvement in international marketplaces due to their low business risks, low commitment of resources and high flexibility. However, the evidence indicates barriers to export are thought to vary across different stages of internationalization. Therefore, this empirical study was carried out to explore export barriers of agr...