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We draw attention to the role of economic geography in explaining important cross-sectional facts which are difficult to account for in existing models of industrialization. By construction, closed-economy models that stress the role of local demand in generating sufficient expenditure on...
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This paper presents novel empirical evidence on key predictions of heterogeneous firm models by examining stock market reactions to the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement of 1989 (CUSFTA). Using the uncertainty surrounding the agreement's ratification, I show that the pattern of abnormal...
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show that most firms only export or import a single service type and trade with a small number of countries. Trade volume … are a number of noteworthy exceptions. Interestingly, trade is also concentrated within .rms. The top export and import …
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liberalization for Brazilian states as a whole. On the contrary, rising export exposure appears to have significantly reduced both …
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liberalization for Brazilian states as a whole. On the contrary, rising export exposure appears to have significantly reduced both …
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Ce document de travail propose une analyse quantitative détaillée sur longue période du fonctionnement du marche du travail britannique, avec la France pour point de comparaison. Au-delà des problèmes de mesure du taux de chômage, l’étude des créations nettes d'emplois montre que la...
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We propose a quantitative framework for the analysis of industrialization in which specialization in manufacturing or agriculture is driven by comparative advantage and non-homothetic preferences. Countries are integrated through trade but trade is not costless and geographic position matters....
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