Hiau Looi Kee

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

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Domestic Value Added in Exports: Theory and Firm Evidence from China

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Domestic Value Added in Exports: Theory and Firm Evidence from China

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7491
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Hiau Looi Kee and Heiwai Tang
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
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International Trade and Trade Rules, Transport and Trade Logistics, Industrial and Consumer Services and Products, Food & Beverage Industry, Plastics & Rubber Industry, Construction Industry, General Manufacturing, Common Carriers Industry, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Textiles, Apparel & Leather Industry, Pulp & Paper Industry, Labor Markets

Domestic Value Added in Exports: Theory and Firm Evidence from China

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5614
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 22 Dec 2015
Hiau Looi Kee and Heiwai Tang
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
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firm heterogeneity, domestic value added, value added trade, China, global value chains, trade liberalization, FDI liberalization

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Competition Law as Market Discipline

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Aug 2002
Hiau Looi Kee and Bernard Hoekman
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
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Competition law, import penetration, industry markup, country size.

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Developing Countries, New Trade Barriers, and the Global Economic Crisis

MANAGING OPENNESS: TRADE AND OUTWARD-ORIENTED GROWTH AFTER THE CRISIS, pp. 63-83, Mona Haddad, Ben Shepherd, eds., The World Bank, Washington, D.C., 2011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Aug 2011
Chad P. Bown and Hiau Looi Kee
Peterson Institute for International Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Global economic crisis, protectionism, developing countries, temporary trade barriers, antidumping, countervailing duties, safeguards, OTRI, MA-OTRI

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Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices

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Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3840
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Hiau Looi Kee, Marcelo Olarreaga and Alessandro Nicita
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Geneva and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Free Trade, Economic Theory & Research, Trade Policy, Consumption, Markets and Market Access

Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5576
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Jun 2006
Marcelo Olarreaga, Hiau Looi Kee and Alessandro Nicita
University of Geneva, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Trade restrictiveness indices

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Export Variety and Country Productivity

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Export Variety and Country Productivity

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Robert C. Feenstra and Hiau Looi Kee
University of California, Davis - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Export Variety and Country Productivity

NBER Working Paper No. w10830
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2021
Robert C. Feenstra and Hiau Looi Kee
University of California, Davis - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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A Model on Knowledge and Endogenous Growth

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Mar 2005
Derek H.C. Chen and Hiau Looi Kee
World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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endogenous growth, human capital, scale effects, knowledge

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Import Demand Elasticities and Trade Distortions

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Import Demand Elasticities and Trade Distortions

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Sep 2004
Hiau Looi Kee, Marcelo Olarreaga and Alessandro Nicita
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Geneva and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Import demand elasticities, GDP function, trade restrictiveness, deadweight loss

Import Demand Elasticities and Trade Distortions

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Dec 2004
Marcelo Olarreaga, Hiau Looi Kee and Alessandro Nicita
University of Geneva, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Import demand elasticities, GDP function, trade restrictiveness, deadweight loss

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Markup, Returns to Scale, and Productivity: A Case Study of Singapore's Manufacturing Sector

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Aug 2002
Hiau Looi Kee
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Is Protectionism on the Rise? Assessing National Trade Policies During the Crisis of 2008

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5274
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Hiau Looi Kee, Cristina Constantinescu and Alessandro Nicita
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Trade Law, Trade Policy, Economic Theory & Research, Free Trade, Trade and Services

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Short-Term Impact of Brexit on the United Kingdom's Export of Goods

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8195
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Hiau Looi Kee and Alessandro Nicita
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and United Nations - Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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International Trade and Trade Rules, Rules of Origin, Trade and Multilateral Issues, Trade Policy, Transport and Trade Logistics

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Birth Order Matters: The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Educational Attainment

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Birth Order Matters: The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Educational Attainment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1713
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Aug 2005
Alison L. Booth and Hiau Looi Kee
Australian National University (ANU) - Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Family size, birth order, education

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Trade, Capital Accumulation and Structural Unemployment: An Empirical Study of the Singapore Economy

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Feb 2004
Hiau Looi Kee, Hian Teck Hoon and Lin Yeok Tan
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Singapore Management University and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Endogenous natural rate of unemployment, wage bargaining, specific-factors model, Stolper-Samuelson effect, Rybczynski effect.

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Toward Successful Development Policies: Insights from Research in Development Economics

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9133
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2020
Erhan Artuc, Robert Cull, Susmita Dasgupta, Roberto Fattal, Deon Filmer, Xavier Giné, Hanan G. Jacoby, Dean Jolliffe, Hiau Looi Kee, Leora Klapper, Aart Kraay, Norman Loayza, David J. McKenzie, Berk Ozler, Vijayendra Rao, Bob Rijkers, Sergio L. Schmukler, Michael Toman, Adam Wagstaff and Michael Woolcock
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Health Care Services Industry, International Trade and Trade Rules, Economic Assistance, Disability, Services & Transfers to Poor, Access of Poor to Social Services, Climate Change and Environment, Climate Change and Health, Science of Climate Change, Inequality

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Markups, Entry Regulation, and Trade: Does Country Size Matter?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Bernard Hoekman, Marcelo Olarreaga and Hiau Looi Kee
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Geneva and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Determinants of Global Value Chain Participation: Cross-Country Evidence

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Determinants of Global Value Chain Participation: Cross-Country Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9197
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2020
Ana M. Fernandes, Hiau Looi Kee and Deborah Elisabeth Winkler
World Bank - International Trade Division, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Imports, Entry, and Competition Law as Market Disciplines

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Imports, Entry, and Competition Law as Market Disciplines

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Bernard Hoekman and Hiau Looi Kee
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Imports, Entry and Competition Law as Market Disciplines

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Apr 2003
Bernard Hoekman and Hiau Looi Kee
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Competition law, import penetration, domestic entry, industry markup

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The Regulation and Supervision of Banks Around the World - a New Database

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2588
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Hiau Looi Kee
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Payment Systems & Infrastructure, Insurance & Risk Mitigation, Financial Intermediation, Financial Crisis Management & Restructuring, Economic Theory & Research, Banks & Banking Reform

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The Effects of Domestic Climate Change Measures on International Competitiveness

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The Effects of Domestic Climate Change Measures on International Competitiveness

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5309
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Hiau Looi Kee, Hong Ma and Muthukumara Mani
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management and World Bank
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Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases, Climate Change Economics, Energy and Environment, Environment and Energy Efficiency, Transport Economics Policy & Planning

The Effects of Domestic Climate Change Measures on International Competitiveness

World Economy, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 820-829, June 2010
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Hiau Looi Kee, Hong Ma and Muthukumara Mani
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Tsinghua University - School of Economics & Management and World Bank
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Do Trade Policy Differences Induce Sorting? Theory and Evidence from Bangladeshi Apparel Exporters

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Do Trade Policy Differences Induce Sorting? Theory and Evidence from Bangladeshi Apparel Exporters

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Nov 2006
Svetlana A. Demidova, Hiau Looi Kee and Kala Krishna
Department of Economics, McMaster University, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Rules of origin, firm heterogeneity, export performance and productivity

Do Trade Policy Differences Induce Sorting? Theory and Evidence from Bangladeshi Apparel Exporters

NBER Working Paper No. w12725
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 06 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2021
Svetlana A. Demidova, Hiau Looi Kee and Kala Krishna
Department of Economics, McMaster University, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Market Access for Sale: Latin America's Lobbying for U.S. Tariff Preferences

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Hiau Looi Kee, Marcelo Olarreaga and Peri A. Silva
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Geneva and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics
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Productivity or Endowments? Sectoral Evidence for Hong Kong's Aggregate Growth

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Hiau Looi Kee
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Women Empowerment, Supply Chain Linkages and FDI: Evidence from Bangladesh

Transnational Corporations Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2020
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Dec 2020
Ana M. Fernandes and Hiau Looi Kee
World Bank - International Trade Division and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Bangladesh, female labour force participation, foreign direct investment, supply chain linkages, women

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Local Intermediate Inputs and the Shared Supplier Spillovers of Foreign Direct Investment

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7050
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Hiau Looi Kee
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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International Trade and Trade Rules, Trade Policy, Rules of Origin, Trade and Multilateral Issues, Investment and Investment Climate, Private Sector Economics

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Firm Heterogeneity and Costly Trade: A New Estimation Strategy and Policy Experiments

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Firm Heterogeneity and Costly Trade: A New Estimation Strategy and Policy Experiments

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7156
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Ivan Cherkashin, Svetlana A. Demidova, Hiau Looi Kee and Kala Krishna
Pennsylvania State University - College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economic, Department of Economics, McMaster University, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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International Trade and Trade Rules, Trade and Multilateral Issues, Trade Policy, Rules of Origin, Transport Services, Pulp & Paper Industry, Textiles, Apparel & Leather Industry, Common Carriers Industry, Food & Beverage Industry, General Manufacturing, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies, Plastics & Rubber Industry, Construction Industry

Firm Heterogeneity and Costly Trade: A New Estimation Strategy and Policy Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w16557
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2021
Ivan Cherkashin, Svetlana A. Demidova, Hiau Looi Kee and Kala Krishna
Pennsylvania State University - College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economic, Department of Economics, McMaster University, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Firm Level Heterogeneous Productivity and Demand Shocks: Evidence from Bangladesh

NBER Working Paper No. w13698
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 31 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2008
Hiau Looi Kee and Kala Krishna
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Mark-Ups, Entry Regulation and Trade: Does Country Size Matter?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Jul 2001
Bernard Hoekman, Hiau Looi Kee and Marcelo Olarreaga
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of Geneva
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Entry regulation, import penetration, industry markup, country size

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Market Access for Sale: Latin America's Lobbying for Us Tariff Preferences

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Nov 2003
Hiau Looi Kee, Marcelo Olarreaga and Peri A. Silva
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Geneva and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics
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Trade, political economy, Latin America, United States

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Trade Liberalisation and Export Variety: A Comparison of Mexico and China

The World Economy, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 5-21, January 2007
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Jan 2007
Robert C. Feenstra and Hiau Looi Kee
University of California, Davis - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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