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This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
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The paper aims at assessing technological regimes in the context of the Brazilian manufacturing industry along the 2000-2005 period. The industries were classified in terms of SM-I and SM-II technological regimes by means of multivariate statistical methods based on variable approximating...
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We employ a comprehensive matched employer-employee data set for Brazil to analyze wage determinants and compare … selectivity of Brazilian workers into formal employment. The links between firm performance and wage components in Brazil resemble …
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"Brazil is the world's largest producer of ethanol, a biofuel used mainly in automobiles as an additive or alternative … had both successes and failures. Although Brazil's program was criticized as being uneconomic during periods of low oil … economy... For countries that wish to improve their energy security while promoting rural development, Brazil's experience …
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This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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We document key features of the deepening economic relationship between Brazil and China. This is evident from sharply … international fora. Data presented show bilateral trade between Brazil and China surging after 2001 and China is now Brazil …’s largest export market while Brazil’s export share to the US has halved. The number of bilateral cooperation agreements between …
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We use a panel of Brazilian exporters, their products, and destination markets to document a set of regularities for multi-product exporters: (i) few top-selling products account for the bulk of a firm’s exports in a market, (ii) the distribution of exporter scope (the number of products per...
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According to the Globalization Paradox, globalization limits the freedom of choice for national governments. Capital …. Fixed factor taxes have the potential to improve welfare by defusing the globalization trilemma through a reduction in the …
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Ethiopia enjoyed remarkable economic growth from 2004/05 to 2008/09, in large part due to increases in foreign transfers and capital inflows combined with expanded domestic credit to fund major increases in private and public investments in infrastructure and housing. However, this rapid growth...
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This study considers the effects of globalization, in its economic and social dimensions, on obesity and caloric intake … globalization and both obesity and caloric intake. A one standard deviation increase in globalization is associated with a 20 … social globalization, and specifically the effects of changes in information flows and social proximity. A one standard …
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