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Labour Supply in the Informal Economy in Russia during Transition
Kolev, Alexandre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper investigates the informal labour market in Russia in late 1995 and estimates a labour supply function in the informal sector using nationally representative micro-data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, Round VI. The findings show that the informal economy constitutes a...
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Exclusive dealing as a barrier to entry? Evidence from automobiles
Nurski, Laura; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Exclusive dealing contracts between manufacturers and retailers force new entrants to set up their own costly dealer networks to enter the market. We ask whether such contracts may act as an entry barrier, and provide an empirical analysis of the European car market. We first estimate a demand...
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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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Credit Constraints and Growth in a Global Economy
Coeurdacier, Nicolas; Guibaud, Stéphane; Jin, Keyu - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
In a period of rapid integration and accelerated growth in emerging markets, three striking trends have been (1) a divergence in the private saving rates of emerging markets and advanced economies, (2) large net capital outflows from emerging markets, and (3) a sustained decline in the world...
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Does Trade Globalization Induce or Inhibit Corporate Transparency? Unbundling the Growth Potential and Product Market Competition Channels
Tong, Hui; Wei, Shang-Jin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
How does increasing globalization affect corporate transparency? Freer trade represents two facets and in theory has …-country-year level, and a second measure of globalization-induced product market competition based on a country’s own tariff … globalization promotes corporate transparency, especially in industries that depend heavily on external financing. At the same time …
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