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The Evolution of Community Development in the United States
Dobis, Elizabeth A.; Delgado, Michael S.; Florax, Raymond - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
Previous work on the growth and location of communities has analyzed only one aspect of community growth at a time, either the location, growth, or birth of settlements. We use these three descriptive aspects of settlements to create a story that addresses when communities were created, where...
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Firm size and trade secret intensity: evidence from the Economic Espionage Act
Searle, Nicola; Reid, Gavin C - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This paper considers trade secrecy as an appropriation mechanism in the context ofb the US Economic Espionage Act (EEA) 1996. We examine the relation between trade secret intensity and firm size, using a cross section of 95 court cases. The paper builds on extant work in three respects. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878969
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Small is Beautiful? Firm's Size, Prevention & Food Safety.
Rouviere, Elodie; Soubeyran, Raphael - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
The European General Food Law of 2005 and the newly promulgated FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FFSMA) of 2010 ask all food operators to implement preventive efforts. In this article, we explore the link between firm’s size and preventive efforts. We show two main results. First, when there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916546
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The Impact of China's Demographic Transition on Economic Growth and Income Distribution: CGE Modeling with Top-Down Micro-Simulation
Wang, Xinxin; Chen, Kevin; Huang, Zuhui - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
China, which has undergone demographic transition more rapidly than most industrial economies. This paper quantifies the … down China’s economy growth rate due to the exhausted of demographic dividend with high cost of labor force. The … pension system should be improved, especially in rural China …
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Effect of Tariff Liberalization on Mexico’s Income Distribution in the presence of Migration
Garduno-Rivera, Rafael; Baylis, Katherine R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This paper studies how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) affected income distribution within Mexico given internal migration. In low-skilled labor-abundant developing countries, trade liberalization should theoretically increase the income of low-skilled workers, decreasing income...
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Effect of NAFTA on Mexico's Income Distribution in the Presence of Migration
Garduno-Rivera, Rafael - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
This paper asks how NAFTA affected income distribution within Mexico considering changes in internal migration. Trade liberalization should theoretically increase the income of low-skilled workers in low-skilled labor-abundant developing countries. Thus, by increasing the wages of poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020605
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The Contribution of Foreign Direct Investment to China's Export Performance: Evidence from Disaggregated Sectors
Gu, Weishi; Awokuse, Titus O.; Yuan, Yan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
countries using the case of China. It contributes to the literature by investigating the relationship of FDI and export … performance using disaggregated manufacturing sectors from 1995 to 2005. The empirical results suggest that FDI flows into China …
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A Dynamic Approach to the FDI-Environment Nexus: The Case of China and India
Baek, Jungho; Koo, Won W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
-run relationships among foreign direct investment (FDI), economic growth, and the environment in China and India. The results show that … China and India - a change in FDI inflow causes a consequence change in environmental quality and economic growth, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005523055
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IDENTIFYING MONETARY IMPACTS ON FOOD PRICES IN CHINA: A VEC MODEL APPROACH
Peng, Xuehua; Marchant, Mary A.; Reed, Michael R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004
food prices in China using a vector error correction (VEC) model approach. Evidence indicates that monetary variables and … the food price index (FPI) have a long-run equilibrium relationship in China. Furthermore, the direction of Granger … in China mainly stem from the money supply rather than interest rates. …
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New Evidence on Overweight Children in Urban China and the Role of Socioeconomic Factors
Dong, Fengxia; Jensen, Helen H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
Problems of overweight and obesity among children have increased in China and pose a problem both for individuals as … children age 6 to 18 years old in urban China. Data come from the 2004 China Health and Nutrition Survey. Results from a binary …
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