NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Gordon H. Hanson Chong Xiang
... location; in the presence of transport costs, it makes sense for this location to be a market with high product demand. Goods that are subject to weak scale economies and/or low transport costs are then produced by small economies. The home-market effect implies a link between market size and expor ...
... location; in the presence of transport costs, it makes sense for this location to be a market with high product demand. Goods that are subject to weak scale economies and/or low transport costs are then produced by small economies. The home-market effect implies a link between market size and expor ...
Nonhomotheticity and Bilateral Trade: Evidence and a Quantitative
... Data on trade flows do not distinguish between these two possibilities. In an additional exercise, I estimate the model with importer fixed effects in lieu of structural assumptions on preferences. Supply side parameters do not change much with this specification, and again I find that rich countrie ...
... Data on trade flows do not distinguish between these two possibilities. In an additional exercise, I estimate the model with importer fixed effects in lieu of structural assumptions on preferences. Supply side parameters do not change much with this specification, and again I find that rich countrie ...
Agglomeration in Practice: The Malaysian Experience in Diversifying
... locational decisions of multinational corporations (MNCs) at the micro level, which had an impact on the foreign direct investment (An and Maskus, 2006). The knowledge capital model is also used to determine a country’s comparative advantage in international trade at the macro level by explaining on ...
... locational decisions of multinational corporations (MNCs) at the micro level, which had an impact on the foreign direct investment (An and Maskus, 2006). The knowledge capital model is also used to determine a country’s comparative advantage in international trade at the macro level by explaining on ...
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... A comparison of AD legislation between China’s ma jor trading partners (including the United States, Argentina, Australia and Brazil) conducted by the Ifo Institute illustrates a large overlap of defined criteria that need to be fulfilled by a country to receive MES. In their assessment all countri ...
... A comparison of AD legislation between China’s ma jor trading partners (including the United States, Argentina, Australia and Brazil) conducted by the Ifo Institute illustrates a large overlap of defined criteria that need to be fulfilled by a country to receive MES. In their assessment all countri ...
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF IMMIGRATION AND POPULATION
... disparity and conflict. The growing diversity of the population affects the host economy through different channels and the net impact depends on the strength of these effects. Workers with different cultural backgrounds can represent complementary skills, problem‐solving abil ...
... disparity and conflict. The growing diversity of the population affects the host economy through different channels and the net impact depends on the strength of these effects. Workers with different cultural backgrounds can represent complementary skills, problem‐solving abil ...
at around 14 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
... economic transformation for more than three decades, and in some cases for almost a century. The first experiment with integration, the Southern African Customs Union, began in 1910. The Southern Rhodesia Customs Union emerged in 1949 between South Africa and present-day Zimbabwe. The Ghana– Upper V ...
... economic transformation for more than three decades, and in some cases for almost a century. The first experiment with integration, the Southern African Customs Union, began in 1910. The Southern Rhodesia Customs Union emerged in 1949 between South Africa and present-day Zimbabwe. The Ghana– Upper V ...
Total Work, Gender and Social Norms
... obverse, the utility from leisure) is one of the crucial arguing points in the “gender wars,” simply discovering new facts about it is important. Second, discovering the determinants of those facts will allow us to infer how patterns of work by gender change as economies develop. Third, by developin ...
... obverse, the utility from leisure) is one of the crucial arguing points in the “gender wars,” simply discovering new facts about it is important. Second, discovering the determinants of those facts will allow us to infer how patterns of work by gender change as economies develop. Third, by developin ...
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... found to be uncorrelated or even positively correlated to their growth in unit labour costs (ULCs) or relative prices gave rise to what is known as the ‘Kaldor Paradox’. One explanation for this paradox is that higher prices might actually reflect higher quality which, in turn, might imply higher wa ...
... found to be uncorrelated or even positively correlated to their growth in unit labour costs (ULCs) or relative prices gave rise to what is known as the ‘Kaldor Paradox’. One explanation for this paradox is that higher prices might actually reflect higher quality which, in turn, might imply higher wa ...
barriers to trade
... economy’s consumption choice shifts from D1 to D2. • The move from D1 to D2 reflects two effects: – Substitution effect: (along the same IC) reduce consumption of relatively expensive goods (cloth), while increasing food consumption. – Income effect: as the relative price of its export product rises ...
... economy’s consumption choice shifts from D1 to D2. • The move from D1 to D2 reflects two effects: – Substitution effect: (along the same IC) reduce consumption of relatively expensive goods (cloth), while increasing food consumption. – Income effect: as the relative price of its export product rises ...
The Sequence of Capital Account Liberalization: a Microcosmic Model
... independently drawn from a uniform distribution; H5: All control measures implemented by government on capital account can be replaced by a relevant tax rate T, and the number of T indicates the degree of the capital account liberalization; H6: At time 0, a is strong relative to the world economy, w ...
... independently drawn from a uniform distribution; H5: All control measures implemented by government on capital account can be replaced by a relevant tax rate T, and the number of T indicates the degree of the capital account liberalization; H6: At time 0, a is strong relative to the world economy, w ...
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... 1987 Malaysian Ringgit. Data on number of foreign companies, percentage of employed person acquired tertiary education are obtained from Monthly Statistical Bulletin, Quarterly Statistical Bulletin and annual report published by Bank Negara Malaysia. ...
... 1987 Malaysian Ringgit. Data on number of foreign companies, percentage of employed person acquired tertiary education are obtained from Monthly Statistical Bulletin, Quarterly Statistical Bulletin and annual report published by Bank Negara Malaysia. ...
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... obverse, the utility from leisure) is one of the crucial arguing points in the “gender wars,” simply discovering new facts about it is important. Second, discovering the determinants of those facts will allow us to infer how patterns of work by gender change as economies develop. Third, by developin ...
... obverse, the utility from leisure) is one of the crucial arguing points in the “gender wars,” simply discovering new facts about it is important. Second, discovering the determinants of those facts will allow us to infer how patterns of work by gender change as economies develop. Third, by developin ...
The Relationship between non-oil Trade and GDP in Petroleum
... Keywords: Panel Unit Root; Panel Cointegration; Granger Causality; Oil Exporting Countries; Nonoil Trade JEL classifications: C33; F13; F43 ...
... Keywords: Panel Unit Root; Panel Cointegration; Granger Causality; Oil Exporting Countries; Nonoil Trade JEL classifications: C33; F13; F43 ...
Notes from Existing Surveys
... Below we have reproduced a variety of questions related to globalization issues that have been included in the most prominent surveys used by political economists. We have tried to perform an exhaustive search of the leading surveys that have generated data relevant to our focus on globalization, an ...
... Below we have reproduced a variety of questions related to globalization issues that have been included in the most prominent surveys used by political economists. We have tried to perform an exhaustive search of the leading surveys that have generated data relevant to our focus on globalization, an ...
Borensztein Joshua
... depends on the answer to the following question: do debtor countries face a downward—sloping ...
... depends on the answer to the following question: do debtor countries face a downward—sloping ...
(D) By winning the Spanish
... The United States government intervened in other parts of the Pacific at the same time that events played out in the Spanish-American War. This intervention eventually brought about changes in the relationships of the United States with Hawaii, Samoa, and China. Hawaii became increasingly important ...
... The United States government intervened in other parts of the Pacific at the same time that events played out in the Spanish-American War. This intervention eventually brought about changes in the relationships of the United States with Hawaii, Samoa, and China. Hawaii became increasingly important ...
(D) By winning the Spanish
... The United States government intervened in other parts of the Pacific at the same time that events played out in the Spanish-American War. This intervention eventually brought about changes in the relationships of the United States with Hawaii, Samoa, and China. Hawaii became increasingly important ...
... The United States government intervened in other parts of the Pacific at the same time that events played out in the Spanish-American War. This intervention eventually brought about changes in the relationships of the United States with Hawaii, Samoa, and China. Hawaii became increasingly important ...
The Role of Government in Economic Development
... highly non-linear process. This process is characterized by the existence of multiple stable equilibria, one of which is a low-income-level trap. They saw developing countries caught in the low-income-level trap, which occurs at low levels of physical capital, both productive and infrastructural, an ...
... highly non-linear process. This process is characterized by the existence of multiple stable equilibria, one of which is a low-income-level trap. They saw developing countries caught in the low-income-level trap, which occurs at low levels of physical capital, both productive and infrastructural, an ...
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... The United States government intervened in other parts of the Pacific at the same time that events played out in the Spanish-American War. This intervention eventually brought about changes in the relationships of the United States with Hawaii, Samoa, and China. Hawaii became increasingly important ...
... The United States government intervened in other parts of the Pacific at the same time that events played out in the Spanish-American War. This intervention eventually brought about changes in the relationships of the United States with Hawaii, Samoa, and China. Hawaii became increasingly important ...
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... that, not coincidentally, started its life under the Reagan-Thatcher era of neo-liberalism. According to its view, government is the problem rather than the solution to underdevelopment. On the one hand, government interventions are not needed, as trade liberalization can induce development, provide ...
... that, not coincidentally, started its life under the Reagan-Thatcher era of neo-liberalism. According to its view, government is the problem rather than the solution to underdevelopment. On the one hand, government interventions are not needed, as trade liberalization can induce development, provide ...
PWSch17 - Valhalla High School
... The United States government intervened in other parts of the Pacific at the same time that events played out in the Spanish-American War. This intervention eventually brought about changes in the relationships of the United States with Hawaii, Samoa, and China. Hawaii became increasingly important ...
... The United States government intervened in other parts of the Pacific at the same time that events played out in the Spanish-American War. This intervention eventually brought about changes in the relationships of the United States with Hawaii, Samoa, and China. Hawaii became increasingly important ...
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... The expansion of domestic firms’ operations abroad and the outsourcing of production stages to low-income countries in particular raise concerns about labor market consequences in high-income countries. Theory suggests that the foreign expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) may lead to a down ...
... The expansion of domestic firms’ operations abroad and the outsourcing of production stages to low-income countries in particular raise concerns about labor market consequences in high-income countries. Theory suggests that the foreign expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) may lead to a down ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES TOTAL WORK, GENDER AND SOCIAL NORMS Michael Burda
... obverse, the utility from leisure) is one of the crucial arguing points in the “gender wars,” simply discovering new facts about it is important. Second, discovering the determinants of those facts will allow us to infer how patterns of work by gender change as economies develop. Third, by developin ...
... obverse, the utility from leisure) is one of the crucial arguing points in the “gender wars,” simply discovering new facts about it is important. Second, discovering the determinants of those facts will allow us to infer how patterns of work by gender change as economies develop. Third, by developin ...
A great opportunity for Vietnamese economics for reducing taxes
... According to Pham Quoc Tru (2010), in 11/ 2006, Viet Nam was admitted to World Trade Organization (WTO). Since then, that has given the economy of Viet Nam many advantages and opportunities to improve the economy. Recently, Vietnam government has tried to get Vietnam into the world trade markets by ...
... According to Pham Quoc Tru (2010), in 11/ 2006, Viet Nam was admitted to World Trade Organization (WTO). Since then, that has given the economy of Viet Nam many advantages and opportunities to improve the economy. Recently, Vietnam government has tried to get Vietnam into the world trade markets by ...