NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES TRADE WARS AND TRADE TALKS WITH DATA
... The model can also be solved and calibrated with free entry and …xed costs of production. I focus on a version without free entry for two main reasons. First, because it features positive pro…ts and therefore lends itself more naturally to an analysis of political economy considerations. Second, bec ...
... The model can also be solved and calibrated with free entry and …xed costs of production. I focus on a version without free entry for two main reasons. First, because it features positive pro…ts and therefore lends itself more naturally to an analysis of political economy considerations. Second, bec ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CAN PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BILLS BE REDUCED?
... Unfortunately, the quality of data on public employment does not allow us to decompose changes in public wage bills into changes in employment and in remunerations. Data on wages and on employment do not overlap exactly. Moreover, even if it were the case, data on hours worked, or at least the shar ...
... Unfortunately, the quality of data on public employment does not allow us to decompose changes in public wage bills into changes in employment and in remunerations. Data on wages and on employment do not overlap exactly. Moreover, even if it were the case, data on hours worked, or at least the shar ...
Trade barriers and export potential: Gravity
... the evidence: According to CEPII, Norway is in the mid-range of the better group with respect to data quality (Gaulier and Zignago 2008). In the TRAINS database, tariffs are reported in different forms: - Bound tariffs (BND) are those negotiated in WTO and they constitute upper bounds for the appli ...
... the evidence: According to CEPII, Norway is in the mid-range of the better group with respect to data quality (Gaulier and Zignago 2008). In the TRAINS database, tariffs are reported in different forms: - Bound tariffs (BND) are those negotiated in WTO and they constitute upper bounds for the appli ...
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... 12. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency performs which of the following functions? a. Provides long-term low-interest social sector and infrastructure loans to the poorest members utilizing foreign aid funds provided by rich nation members b. Provide loans and take equity position in privat ...
... 12. The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency performs which of the following functions? a. Provides long-term low-interest social sector and infrastructure loans to the poorest members utilizing foreign aid funds provided by rich nation members b. Provide loans and take equity position in privat ...
Production Fragmentation and the Environment
... East Asia refers to major countries in northeast Asia, namely, China, Japan, and South Korea, and major ASEAN countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Environmental quality refers to ‘Properties and characteristics of the environment, either generalized or ...
... East Asia refers to major countries in northeast Asia, namely, China, Japan, and South Korea, and major ASEAN countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Environmental quality refers to ‘Properties and characteristics of the environment, either generalized or ...
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... between 1995 and 2013. This performance even outweighs world trade performance, which grew by 7.5%. The slight increase of LDCs' integration into the global trade reflects a high export product concentration of these countries: due to a low degree of development of their productive sectors, these co ...
... between 1995 and 2013. This performance even outweighs world trade performance, which grew by 7.5%. The slight increase of LDCs' integration into the global trade reflects a high export product concentration of these countries: due to a low degree of development of their productive sectors, these co ...
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA/Comecon)
... of economic development have also tended to generate divergent interests among the member countries. All these factors have combined to give rise to significant differences in the member states' expectations about the benefits to be derived from membership in Comecon. Unity is provided instead by po ...
... of economic development have also tended to generate divergent interests among the member countries. All these factors have combined to give rise to significant differences in the member states' expectations about the benefits to be derived from membership in Comecon. Unity is provided instead by po ...
2004 Report on Foreign Policy
... U.S. sanctions were further tightened by Executive Order 13069 of December 12, 1997, and Executive Order 13098 of August 18, 1998. The United States took these actions in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1127 of August 28, 1997, Resolution 1173 of June 12, 1998, and Resolu ...
... U.S. sanctions were further tightened by Executive Order 13069 of December 12, 1997, and Executive Order 13098 of August 18, 1998. The United States took these actions in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1127 of August 28, 1997, Resolution 1173 of June 12, 1998, and Resolu ...
Evidence on Dutch macroeconomic and sectoral productivity
... in the US. One of the possible explanations discussed in the literature is labour hoarding (see Van den Berge et al. 2014 and references therein for a flavour of the discussion). Labour hoarding is when firms choose not to fire workers in a downturn in the expectation that those workers will be need ...
... in the US. One of the possible explanations discussed in the literature is labour hoarding (see Van den Berge et al. 2014 and references therein for a flavour of the discussion). Labour hoarding is when firms choose not to fire workers in a downturn in the expectation that those workers will be need ...
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
... new; however, research on public procurement as it relates to the Caribbean is virtually non-existent. With regards to public procurement in developing countries, a paper by Quick (1982) uses management science techniques to review procurement patterns in selected public supply programs and compares ...
... new; however, research on public procurement as it relates to the Caribbean is virtually non-existent. With regards to public procurement in developing countries, a paper by Quick (1982) uses management science techniques to review procurement patterns in selected public supply programs and compares ...
Regional Trade Integrations: A Comparative Study
... trade agreements, either within the regions or with countries outside the region, were signed by individual countries in each region. ...
... trade agreements, either within the regions or with countries outside the region, were signed by individual countries in each region. ...
The implementation of the revised country classification and terms of
... of this cap will allow the affected BMCs - Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands – to participate in the SDF resource allocation exercise. In addition, it is also recommended that these countries be granted access to SDF on Group 2 terms and conditions. The countries with th ...
... of this cap will allow the affected BMCs - Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands – to participate in the SDF resource allocation exercise. In addition, it is also recommended that these countries be granted access to SDF on Group 2 terms and conditions. The countries with th ...
S2005998_en.pdf
... 3. Improvements made by China after the transitional period: a long way still to go .................................. 4. The concept of market-economy status (mes) and its application ............................................................ 5. Countries granting market-economy status (mes) to C ...
... 3. Improvements made by China after the transitional period: a long way still to go .................................. 4. The concept of market-economy status (mes) and its application ............................................................ 5. Countries granting market-economy status (mes) to C ...
Income distribution and the current account: a sectoral
... veil on different measures of saving or investment based on either household or firm survey data or national time series data, very few works explicitly analyze how income distribution may affect the stability of the international economic system as a whole via its effects on current account (im)bal ...
... veil on different measures of saving or investment based on either household or firm survey data or national time series data, very few works explicitly analyze how income distribution may affect the stability of the international economic system as a whole via its effects on current account (im)bal ...
THE EXPANSION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF THE EXPORT
... of Costa Rica’s total exports and included mainly industrial products produced by multinational corporations (i.e. computer parts, electronics, medical equipment, textiles, and processed food products). This dependence of Costa Rican exports on foreign firms is the result of an industrialization str ...
... of Costa Rica’s total exports and included mainly industrial products produced by multinational corporations (i.e. computer parts, electronics, medical equipment, textiles, and processed food products). This dependence of Costa Rican exports on foreign firms is the result of an industrialization str ...
BRICS` characteristics and influence
... GDP; their average growth rate was nearly 7 percent, over 2 percentage points higher than average world growth. Foreign investment in BRICS countries accounted for 53 percent of the world's total. Their voting power at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was increased. Many see them as the leaders ...
... GDP; their average growth rate was nearly 7 percent, over 2 percentage points higher than average world growth. Foreign investment in BRICS countries accounted for 53 percent of the world's total. Their voting power at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was increased. Many see them as the leaders ...
On the trade impact of nominal exchange rate volatility
... over 30% of the data points. This massive sample selection can cause additional biases in the estimation. Third, with a few exceptions, previous studies assume that exchange rate variability is exogenous to the level of trade. Standard endogeneity problems, however, are likely to confound the estima ...
... over 30% of the data points. This massive sample selection can cause additional biases in the estimation. Third, with a few exceptions, previous studies assume that exchange rate variability is exogenous to the level of trade. Standard endogeneity problems, however, are likely to confound the estima ...
Is Zimbabwe More Productive Than the United States? Some
... the value added in the mining industry from GDP in computing their measure of output to deal with the issue. It is also the case that several countries stand out as outliers or extreme cases in different studies that compare productivity levels across countries. For example, Puerto Rico stands out ...
... the value added in the mining industry from GDP in computing their measure of output to deal with the issue. It is also the case that several countries stand out as outliers or extreme cases in different studies that compare productivity levels across countries. For example, Puerto Rico stands out ...
Regionalism and the Multilateral Trading System
... Simulation model (with real trade data) where one region, ROW, does not get into a ‘trade war’= set tariff that maximizes your bloc’s income taking the other blocs tariffs as given. …only illustrative since tariffs are GATT-bound but still it is a proxy for what ‘insurance’ from being in a bloc migh ...
... Simulation model (with real trade data) where one region, ROW, does not get into a ‘trade war’= set tariff that maximizes your bloc’s income taking the other blocs tariffs as given. …only illustrative since tariffs are GATT-bound but still it is a proxy for what ‘insurance’ from being in a bloc migh ...
Management & Engineering Countermeasures
... California and the small-ware industrial cluster in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province etc. However, in the real world, not all of the industrial cluster can bring the huge development for the areas, it even hurts the economy. This is because whatever economic development mode has to rely on the certain condit ...
... California and the small-ware industrial cluster in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province etc. However, in the real world, not all of the industrial cluster can bring the huge development for the areas, it even hurts the economy. This is because whatever economic development mode has to rely on the certain condit ...
A Development-focused Allocation of the Special Drawing Rights
... private capital markets, and then second, with the search for financing options towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Since the Asian crises broke, there has been a shrinking of capital flows to small nations, making it more difficult for them to hold adequate reserves, ...
... private capital markets, and then second, with the search for financing options towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Since the Asian crises broke, there has been a shrinking of capital flows to small nations, making it more difficult for them to hold adequate reserves, ...
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... management often focus on a central question: how does outsourcing production/service affect its quality as opposed to “in-house” work. Security issue – there are some security issues concerning companies giving outside access to sensitive customer information. ...
... management often focus on a central question: how does outsourcing production/service affect its quality as opposed to “in-house” work. Security issue – there are some security issues concerning companies giving outside access to sensitive customer information. ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Gene M. Grossman
... the homogeneous good always carries the competitive price of bw, which, because this good is the numeraire, implies that w = 1/b. In writing this condition, we implicitly assume that the economy’s labor supply is sufficiently large that some labor remains for production of the homogeneous good after a ...
... the homogeneous good always carries the competitive price of bw, which, because this good is the numeraire, implies that w = 1/b. In writing this condition, we implicitly assume that the economy’s labor supply is sufficiently large that some labor remains for production of the homogeneous good after a ...
A Contribution to Critical Globalization Studies
... (Fuchs 2008a). The least developed countries’ share of wealth has dropped from above 3% to just over 1% since 1980 (Fuchs 2008a). In 2008, the total sales of the top 10 best-selling worldwide companies (United States dollars [$US] 2533.51 billion) were 2.3 times as large as the total gross domestic ...
... (Fuchs 2008a). The least developed countries’ share of wealth has dropped from above 3% to just over 1% since 1980 (Fuchs 2008a). In 2008, the total sales of the top 10 best-selling worldwide companies (United States dollars [$US] 2533.51 billion) were 2.3 times as large as the total gross domestic ...
International factor movements
In international economics, international factor movements are movements of labor, capital, and other factors of production between countries. International factor movements occur in three ways: immigration/emigration, capital transfers through international borrowing and lending, and foreign direct investment. International factor movements also raise political and social issues not present in trade in goods and services. Nations frequently restrict immigration, capital flows, and foreign direct investment.