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India's De-Industrialization Under British Rule: New Ideas, New Evidence
Clingingsmith, David; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19 … some decline, and India underwent secular de-industrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25% of world … about the relative role played by domestic and foreign forces in India’s de-industrialization. The construction of new …
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Catching Up With Eastern Europe? The European Union's Mediterranean Free Trade Initiative
Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper discusses the potential role of a Euro-Mediterranean Agreement (EMA) in helping Middle East and North African governments implement structural economic reforms. The arguments for and against preferential liberalization are summarized, identifying a number of necessary conditions for...
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Macroeconomic Adjustment Under Bretton Woods and the Post-Bretton-Woods Float: An Impulse-Response Analysis
Bayoumi, Tamim; Eichengreen, Barry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
We use time-series methods to estimate a simple aggregate supply and demand model in order to analyse the comparative performance of fixed and flexible exchange rate systems and test competing hypotheses designed to explain shifts between exchange rate regimes. The paper provides a coherent...
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Trade Liberalization and Enterprise Restructuring in Bulgaria, 1992-4
Djankov, Simeon; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
This paper empirically tests the link between trade openness and enterprise restructuring in Bulgaria. It belongs to a recent line of work in the empirical trade literature that investigates the effects of trade policy on firm behaviour. The trade liberalization following the 1991 economic...
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What separates us? Sources of resistance to globalization
Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
With increasing sophistication, economists have been estimating gravity equations for five decades. Robust evidence shows that borders and distance impede trade by much more than tariffs or transports costs can explain. We therefore advocate investigation of other sources of resistance, despite...
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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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Business Cycle Synchronization Since 1880
Artis, Michael J; Chouliarakis, George; Harischandra, PKG - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper studies the international business cycle behaviour across 25 advanced and emerging market economies for which 125 years of annual GDP data are available. The picture that emerges is more fragmented than the one drawn by studies that focused on a narrower set of advanced market...
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The Changing International Transmission of Financial Shocks: Evidence from a Classical Time-Varying FAVAR
Eickmeier, Sandra; Lemke, Wolfgang; Marcellino, Massimiliano - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
transmission to GDP growth in European countries has increased gradually since the 1980s, consistent with financial globalization …
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The arrival of cheap goods: Measuring the impact of Chinese import competition on Nordic prices
Auer, Raphael; Fischer, Andreas M; Kropf, Andreas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
What is the impact of Chinese import competition on Nordic producer prices? In a panel covering 23 (2 digit) NACE manufacturing sectors from 1995 to 2008, instrumental variable estimations predict that when Chinese imports capture a 1% increase in market share, Nordic producer prices decrease by...
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US Special Safeguard on Imports of Tires from China: Imposing Pain for Little Gain
Charnovitz, Steve; Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
In 2009, the United States imposed additional tariffs for a three-year period on imports of automotive tires from China under a special-safeguard provision included in China’s Protocol of Accession to the WTO. China challenged the measure in the WTO. The case marked the first WTO dispute in...
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