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Comparative Advantage and Economic Geography: Estimating the Location of Production in the EU

Overman, Henry G; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene; Venables, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We develop and econometrically estimate a model of the location of industries across countries. The model combines factor endowments and geographical considerations, and shows how industry and country characteristics interact to determine the location of production. We estimate the model on...

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What Determines the Economic Geography of Europe?

Haaland, Jan I.; Kind, Hans Jarle; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

This paper focuses on what the driving forces behind industry localisation in Europe are. Based on traditional as well as new trade theory and new economic geography our cross-sectoral empirical analysis seeks to explain the pattern of relative and absolute concentration of manufacturing...

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Making Sense of the Soviet Trade Shock in Eastern Europe: A Framework and Some Estimates

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

East European countries have experienced sharp declines in real GDP since 1990. One of the reasons for this decline is the Soviet trade shock caused by the collapse of the CMEA and of traditional export markets in the Soviet Union. This paper is an attempt to quantify the magnitude of this...

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Foreign Trade in Eastern Europe's Transition: Early Results

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

By the end of 1991, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland had achieved a substantial degree of openness to foreign trade. In all three countries, trade is now demonopolized and licensing and quotas play a very small role. Exchange controls have virtually disappeared for current-account...

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Distributive Politics and Economic Growth

Alesina, Alberto F; Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

This paper studies the relationship between political conflict and economic growth in a simple model of endogenous growth with distributive conflicts. We study both the case of two `classes' (workers and capitalists) and the case of a continuum distribution of agents, characterized by their...

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How to Save Globalization from its Cheerleaders

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

The new conventional wisdom on globalization emphasizes that reaping the benefits of trade and financial integration is … alike. An alternative approach to globalization would focus on enhancing policy space rather than market access, and on …

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A New Look at Offshoring and Inequality: Specialization Versus Competition

Ekholm, Karolina; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen-Helene - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

fact been bell-shaped. We argue that this bell-shaped evolution of wage inequality can be linked to globalization and a … rise in offshoring. To analyze the relationship between globalization, offshoring and relative wages, we develop a general … equilibrium model of trade and offshoring. This reveals that globalization and offshoring have two opposing effects on relative …

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Feasible Globalizations

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The nation-state system, democratic politics, and full economic integration are mutually incompatible. Of the three, at most two can be had together. The Bretton Woods/GATT regime was successful because its architects subjugated international economic integration to the needs and demands of...

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Globalization: A Woman’s Best Friend? Exporters and the Gender Wage Gap

Bøler, Esther Ann; Javorcik, Beata; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

While the impact of globalization on income inequality has received a lot of attention,little is known about its effect …

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Who Needs the Nation State?

Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The design of institutions is shaped by a fundamental trade-off. On the one hand, relationships and heterogeneity push governance down. On the other, the scale and scope benefits of market integration push governance up. A corner solution is rarely optimal. An intermediate outcome, a world...

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