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Francois, Joseph; Nelson, Doug R - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Division of labour models have become a standard analytical tool, along with competitive general equilibrium models (Ricardian, HOS, Ricardo-Viner), in public finance, trade, growth, development and macroeconomics. Yet unlike the earlier models, specialization models lack a canonical...

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The Rise of the Machines: Automation, Horizontal Innovation and Income Inequality

Hemous, David; Olsen, Morten - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We construct an endogenous growth model of directed technical change with automation (the introduction of machines … are low, which induces little automation, such that income inequality and labor's share of GDP are constant. Second, as … low-skill wages increase, investment in automation is stimulated, which depresses the future growth rate of low …

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Climate Policy and Developing Countries

Gersbach, Hans; Hummel, Noemi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We suggest a development-compatible refunding system designed to mitigate climate change. Industrial countries pay an initial fee into a global fund. Each country chooses its national carbon tax. Part of the global fund is refunded to developing and industrial countries, in proportion to the...

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Trade and regional inequality

Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper examines the relationship between openness and within-country regional inequality across 28 countries over the period 1975-2005. In particular, it tests a) whether increases in trade lead to rising inequalities, b) whether these inequalities recede in time, and c) whether increases in...

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How Effective Is Monetary Transmission in Developing Countries? A Survey of the Empirical Evidence

Mishra, Prachi; Montiel, Peter J; Spilimbergo, Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper surveys the evidence on the effectiveness of monetary transmission in developing countries. We summarize the arguments for expecting the bank lending channel to be the dominant means of monetary transmission in such countries, and present a simple model that suggests why this channel...

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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty: What have we learned in a decade?

Martuscelli, Antonio; Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper reviews key recent literature on the effects of trade liberalisation on poverty in developing countries and asks whether our knowledge has changed significantly over a decade. The conclusion that liberalisation generally boosts income and thus reduces poverty has not changed; some...

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Developing Countries Exports Survival in the OECD: Does Experience Matter?

Carrère, Céline; Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper focuses on developing countries that export for the first time to the OECD and obtains several important results on export dynamic, linking exports experience and exports survival. Using product level data at the SITC 5 digit level for 114 developing countries on the 1962-2009 period,...

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The Geography of Development within Countries

Desmet, Klaus; Henderson, J Vernon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This chapter describes how the spatial distribution of economic activity changes as economies develop and grow. We start with the relation between development and rural-urban migration. Moving beyond the coarse rural-urban distinction, we then focus on the continuum of locations in an economy...

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Changing Developing Country Trade Policies and WTO Engagement

Hoekman, Bernard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper focuses on developments in the engagement of developing countries in the multilateral trading system in light of the recent re-issue of Robert Hudec’s seminal book, Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System. Starting in the late 1980s, just after Hudec published his book, a...

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Conditional versus Unconditional Trade Concessions for Developing Countries

Conconi, Paola; Perroni, Carlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We consider a small open economy that faces a commitment problem in trade liberalization. We examine how the relationship with a large trading partner affects the ability of the small countrys government to sustain free trade through a reputational mechanism. If the small country's government is...

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