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Do Food Scares Explain Supplier Concentration? An Analysis of EU Agri-food Imports

Cadot, Olivier; Jaud, Mélise; Suwa Eisenmann, Akiko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper documents a decreasing trend in the geographical concentration of EU agro-food imports. Decomposing the concentration indices into intensive and extensive margins components, we find that the decrease in overall concentration indices results from two diverging trends: the pattern of...

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The National Security Argument for Agricultural Protection

Winters, L. Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

Agricultural support is often advocated as a means to national security. This is misguided. At current levels of consumption there is considerable scope for substitution away from food without catastrophic welfare losses, and even in the total absence of imports the United Kingdom could feed...

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The Uruguay Round: A Global General Equilibrium Assessment

Francois, Joseph; McDonald, Brad; Nordström, Håkan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

In this paper we provide an economic assessment of the Uruguay Round agreements on tariffs, textiles and clothing, and agriculture, highlighting scale economies, imperfect competition, and dynamic linkages between trade, incomes, and investment. We present estimates of the welfare effects of the...

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Organizing the Global Value Chain

Antràs, Pol; Chor, Davin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We develop a property-rights model of the firm in which production entails a continuum of uniquely sequenced stages. In each stage, a final-good producer contracts with a distinct supplier for the procurement of a customized stage-specific component. Our model yields a sharp characterization for...

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Community and Class Antagonism

Dasgupta, Indraneel; Kanbur, Ravi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

distribution. Community is conceptualized in terms of a public good to which all those in the community have equal access, but from … is that the nominal distribution of income could give a misleading picture of tensions in society, both within and across …

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Distribution Costs and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics During Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization

Burstein, Ariel Tomas; Neves, Joao C; Rebelo, Sérgio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper studies the role played by distribution costs in shaping the behaviour of the real exchange rate during … exchange-rate-based stabilizations. We document that distribution costs are very large for the average consumer good: the … represent more than 40% of the retail price in the US and 60% of the retail price in Argentina. Distribution services require …

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Winners and Losers in a North-South Model of Growth, Innovation and Product Cycles

Chui, Michael; Levine, Paul L; Pearlman, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

The paper examines the welfare gains from North-South trade and their distribution. We construct an endogenous growth …

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Does Inequality Cause Inflation? The Political Economy of Inflation, Taxation and Government Debt

Beetsma, Roel; van der Ploeg, Frederick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

A democratic society in which the distribution of wealth is unequal elects political parties which tend to represent …

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From Malthus to Ohlin: Trade, Growth and Distribution Since 1500

O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

A recent endogenous growth literature has focused on the transition from a Malthusian world where real wages were linked to factor endowments, to one where modern growth has broken that link. In this Paper we present evidence on another, related phenomenon: the dramatic reversal in...

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The Rise and Fall of Elites: A Theory of Economic Development and Social Polarization in Rent-seeking Societies

Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper analyses how political institutions, wealth distribution and economic activities affect each other during … played by the initial distribution of wealth in determining the long-run pattern of political participation and economic …

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