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Trade in Business Services in General Equilibrium

Markusen, James R.; Strand, Bridget - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

paper, we adapt a general model of fragmentation of production activities to try to capture the specific features of …

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Why is a Flexible World More Insecure? The Way Outsourcing Amplifies Uncertainty

Thesmar, David; Thoenig, Mathias - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper presents a macroeconomic model where firms may endogenously outsource part of their production process. We start from the premise that adaptation to uncertainty cannot be contracted upon in the worker - employer relationship. Outsourcing decisions then balance flexibility gains...

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Organizations and Trade

Antràs, Pol; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modelling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...

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Governance, Institutions, and Regional Infrastructure in Asia

De, Prabir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

This study is a comprehensive, empirical analysis of the linkages between governance, institutions, and regional … infrastructure. The empirical results indicate that governance and institutions are crucial for regional infrastructure development … : every one point improvement in governance results in a 1 to 1.5 point rise in regional infrastructure. Countries (and …

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Does Governance Matter? Yes, No or Maybe Some Evidence from Developing Asia

Quibria, M. G. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

This paper seeks to explore the relationship between economic growth and governance performance in Asian developing …, the state of governance in Asia is not stellar by international comparison. Indeed, a majority of these countries seem to … suffer from a governance deficit. Second, contrary to our expectation, data do not suggest any strong positive link between …

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Does Governance Matter for Enhancing Trade? Empirical Evidence from Asia

De, Prabir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

The primary objective of this paper is to find whether or not the governance and institutions matter for enhancing … Asias trade. In this study, we have performed a comprehensive empirical analysis of the linkages between governance and … trade at the Asian subregional level. Our results indicate that all individual governance indicators except regulatory …

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Inequality and Institutions

Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper presents theory and evidence on the relationship between inequality and institutional quality. We exhibit a model in which the two dynamically reinforce each other and set to test this relationship with a broad array of institutional measures. We establish the double causality between...

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Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment

Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

order to examine this question, we designed a behavioral measure of the population’s desire for better governance. A … countries with better governance, especially return migrants. …

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Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What are the Payoffs?

Hunt, Jennifer; Laszlo, Sonia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We provide a theoretical framework for understanding when an official angles for a bribe, when a client pays, and the payoffs to the client's decision. We test this framework using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by households. The theory predicts that bribery is more...

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Market familiarity and the location of South and North MNEs

Azemar, Celine; Darby, Julia; Desbordes, Rodolphe; … - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 2012

deal with poor governance. We find that these various aspects of market familiarity, which can interact together, are …

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