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taxes d’obertura

English translation: Trade intensity rates

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Catalan term or phrase:taxes d’obertura
English translation:Trade intensity rates
Entered by: Berni Armstrong

07:56 Jun 19, 2012
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
Catalan term or phrase: taxes d’obertura
Here is the original:

"Així, d’una banda, és ben conegut que les economies petites observen, de forma habitual, unes "taxes d’obertura" més elevades, i molts treballs han contrastat l’existència d’una relació positiva entre obertura i creixement"

Opening rates? Opening of what? I'm deep into a long economics translation and inspiration is lacking as to what this could involve. Thanks in advance for your help.

The context is a sociological / economic study about the relationship between the size of states and their economic performance.
Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 04:28
Trade intensity
Explanation:
This would appear to be the term used, at least by the World Bank, based on the definition below in Spanish.:

Notes
1 “Trade intensity” is defined as the quotient of (real) exports plus (real)
imports, over (real) GDP
2 World Economic Forum : Latin America Agenda, Latin America Business
Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-22 November 2002
http://www.usc.es/~economet/reviews/aeid513.pdf

Another example, which seems to bear out the thrust of your text, that smaller countries show a higher intensity than large ones.

Trade. Australia’s trade intensity (trade/GDP) is relatively low, closer to the low trade intensity of large economies like the USA, Japan and France, than to the high trade intensity of small countries like Ireland, Finland, Sweden and Canada.

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Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 04:28
Grading comment
Great. I would never have got to that phrase directly.
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Trade intensity


Explanation:
This would appear to be the term used, at least by the World Bank, based on the definition below in Spanish.:

Notes
1 “Trade intensity” is defined as the quotient of (real) exports plus (real)
imports, over (real) GDP
2 World Economic Forum : Latin America Agenda, Latin America Business
Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-22 November 2002
http://www.usc.es/~economet/reviews/aeid513.pdf

Another example, which seems to bear out the thrust of your text, that smaller countries show a higher intensity than large ones.

Trade. Australia’s trade intensity (trade/GDP) is relatively low, closer to the low trade intensity of large economies like the USA, Japan and France, than to the high trade intensity of small countries like Ireland, Finland, Sweden and Canada.



Andy Watkinson
Spain
Local time: 04:28
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PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Great. I would never have got to that phrase directly.
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Reference

Reference information:
TASA DE APERTURA

Este concepto se usa en el contexto de la Economía y las finanzas públicas.

Ratio que mide el peso del sector exterior en la Riqueza generada por un país o región; se calcula como el cociente de Exportaciones más Importaciones en relación con el PIB. La economía aragonesa presenta una tasa sensiblemente superior a la española.

Consulta sección Economía

http://www.eco-finanzas.com/diccionario/T/TASA_DE_APERTURA.h...

Andy Watkinson
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