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Same same but different : dialects and trade

Lameli, Alfred; Nitsch, Volker; Südekum, Jens; Wolf, … - 2013

Language is a strong and robust determinant of international trade patterns: Countries sharing a common language trade … that this trade-promoting effect of language is likely to reflect cultural ties, rather than lower costs of communication … local dialect between regions have a sizable and significant positive impact on intra-national trade. We interpret this …

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The roots of cooperation

Bašić, Zvonimir; Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; … - 2021 - This version: 10 June 2021

Understanding the roots of human cooperation among strangers is of great importance for solving pressing social dilemmas and maintening public goods in human societies. We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 to 6. In a unified experimental framework, we examine...

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The roots of cooperation

Bašić, Zvonimir; Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; … - 2021

We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 to 6. In a unified experimental framework, we examine pre-registered hypotheses about which of three fundamental pillars of human cooperation – direct and indirect reciprocity, and third-party punishment – emerges earliest...

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Cutting through the value chain : the long-run effects of decoupling the East from the West

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Mahlkow, Hendrik; Sandkamp, … - 2022

computable general equilibrium trade model calibrated with the latest version of the GTAP database to simulate the effect of … doubling non-tariff barriers - both unilateral and reciprocal - between the two blocks on trade and welfare. Imposing trade … to cooperate rather than turning away from each other. By imposing a trade war on Russia, the political West could …

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Different antidumping legislations within the WTO : what can we learn from China's varying market economy status?

Sandkamp, Alexander-Nikolai; Yalçin, Erdal - 2020

This paper examines how varying antidumping methodologies applied within the WTO differ in the extent to which they reduce targeted exports. We show that antidumping duties, on average, hit Chinese exporters harder than those of other targeted countries. This difference can be traced back in...

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Foreign competition and domestic innovation : evidence from U.S. patents

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H.; … - 2019

Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how...

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The trade effects of anti-dumping duties : firm-level evidence from China

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Sandkamp, Alexander-Nikolai - 2018

This paper uses Chinese customs data to investigate the trade effects of anti-dumping (AD) policies. Merging firm … larger ones, suggesting important within-industry reallocation effects. Moreover, we find evidence for trade deflection as AD …

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