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Consumption of cotton cloth in India, 1795-1940

Roy, Tirthankar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

textiles and consumption of textiles, and (c) consumption of clothing in India in relation to the rest of the world. … cotton cloth in India during 1795-1940, and based on these numbers, revisits three issues central to interpretations of … economic change in colonial India. These are: (a) trends in levels of living, (b) the correlation between production of …

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Moving Skills from Hands to Heads: Import of Technology and Export Performance

Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Galeotti, Marzio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

This paper examines the link between imported technologies and a country’s export performance, as measured by product quality. The analysis is set against the background of the process of regional integration between the EU and its neighbouring developing countries. The underlying question is...

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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion

Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

in Bangladesh to out-migrate during the lean season, and document a set of striking facts. The incentive induces 22% of …

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Foreign Languages and Trade

Fidrmuc, Jan; Fidrmuc, Jarko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Cultural factors and especially common languages are well-known determinants of trade. By contrast, the knowledge of foreign languages was not explored in the literature so far. We combine traditional gravity models with data on fluency in the main languages used in EU and candidate countries....

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Language and Foreign Trade

Melitz, Jacques - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The significance of a common language in foreign trade hinges on translation as well as the ability to communicate directly. In fact, without admitting the facility of translation from one or two selected languages, it is impossible to explain adequately the impact of a common language on...

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Competition And Firm Performance: Lessons From Russia

Brown, J David; Earle, John S - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

The 'big-bang' liberalization of the inefficient Russian economy in 1992 provides a fruitful setting for analysing the impact of several dimensions of market competition and other factors on enterprise efficiency. We analyse 1992-1998 panel data on 14,961 enterprises covering 75 percent of...

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What Do We Really Know About Protection Before The Great Depression: Evidence From Italy

Federico, Giovanni; Vasta, Michelangelo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

The impact of protection on economic growth is one of the traditional issues in economic history, which has enjoyed a revival in recent times, with the publication of a number of comparative quantitative papers. They all share a common weakness: they measure protection with the ratio of custom...

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Pro-poor trade policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nicita, Alessandro; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Porto, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The objective of this paper is to estimate the potential pro-poor bias in the existing structure of protection in six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (i.e., whether it redistributes income from rich to poor households). We also explore the extent to which the barriers faced by SSA...

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Trade Policy and Economic Growth: A Sceptic's Guide to the Cross-National Evidence

Rodríguez, Francisco; Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

Do countries with lower policy-induced barriers to international trade grow faster, once other relevant country characteristics are controlled for? There exists a large empirical literature providing an affirmative answer to this question. We argue that methodological problems with the empirical...

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Airbus versus Boeing Revisited: International Competition in the Aircraft Market

Irwin, Douglas; Pavcnik, Nina - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper examines international competition in the commercial aircraft industry. We estimate a discrete choice, differentiated products demand system for wide-body aircraft and examine the Airbus-Boeing rivalry under various assumptions on firm conduct. We then use this structure to evaluate...

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