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The Ethical Foundations of Population Policies

Dasgupta, Partha - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984

This essay attempts to use the pure theory of welfare economics to address the ethical issues that underlie the choice of future population size. The essay begins with a summary of welfare economic theory as it pertains to situations where population size is not subject to choice, and notes that...

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Why are Some People (and Countries) More Protectionist than Others?

Mayda, Anna Maria; Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We analyse a rich cross-country data set that contains information on attitudes toward trade as well as a broad range of socio-demographic, and other, indicators. We find that pro-trade preferences are significantly and robustly correlated with an individual's level of human capital, in the...

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Macroeconomic Derivatives: An Initial Analysis of Market-Based Macro Forecasts, Uncertainty and Risk

Gürkaynak, Refet S.; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

in surveys of professional forecasts survive in equilibrium, and that these markets are remarkably well calibrated …

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Are Different Rules of Origin Equally Costly? Estimates from NAFTA

Carrère, Céline; de Melo, Jaime - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Mexican exports to the US in 2001, this Paper estimates the likely costs of different RoO for final and intermediate goods … revealed preference criterion that estimated costs should be less than preference rates when utilization rates are …

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Product Specific Rules of Origin in EU and US Preferential Trading Agreements: An Assessment

Cadot, Olivier; Carrère, Céline; de Melo, Jaime; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

effects across countries subjected to some set of PSRO and to compute estimates of the compliance costs associated with rules …

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Mark-up and Cost Dispersion across Firms: Direct Evidence from Producer Surveys in Pakistan

Atkin, David; Chaudhry, Azam; Chaudry, Shamyla; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

surveying Pakistani soccer-ball producers. We document six facts: (1) Mark-ups are more dispersed than costs; (2) Mark-ups and … costs increase with firm size; (3) The mark-up elasticity with respect to size exceeds the cost elasticity; (4) Costs …

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Unemployment and Inflation in Ireland: 1926-2012

Gerlach, Stefan; Lydon, Reamonn; Stuart, Rebecca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We study the determination of Irish inflation between 1926 and 2012. The difference between unemployment and the NAIRU is a significant determinant of inflation in a simple backward-looking Phillips Curve that incorporates import prices. While there is a break in 1979-80, when the link to...

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Protection, Economic War and Structural Change: The 1930s in Ireland

Neary, J Peter; O'Gráda, Cormac - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1986

The paper describes the insights which trade theory can provide into economic developments in Ireland during the 1930s … from tariffs to the so-called 'economic war' between Ireland and Britain (1932-8). The outcome tentatively supports the … claim that Ireland 'did not lose' this war. …

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Currency Board or Central Bank? Lessons from the Irish Pound's Link with Sterling, 1928-79

Honohan, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

board experiences, namely that of Ireland. We review the institutional arrangements which underpinned the Irish pound for a … half-century and consider the benefits and costs which resulted. While the regime did have a credibility which led to low …

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Did Tariffs Matter That Much? Ireland since the 1920s

O'Gráda, Cormac - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

The contrasting tariff regimes of Northern and Southern Ireland after 1932 must have influenced industrial structure …

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