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Globalization, Economic Freedom and Human Rights

Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin; Siemers, Lars-H. R. - CESifo - 2010

and economic liberalization affect governments’ respect for human rights using a panel of 106 countries over the 1981 …

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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration

Delogu, Marco; Docquier, Frédéric; Machado, Joël - CESifo - 2014

of worker. Our analysis reveals that the effects of a liberalization on human capital ac-cumulation, income and … inequality are gradual and cumulative. In case of a complete liberalization, the world average level of GDP per worker increases … decreases and the liberalization path has stochastic dominance over the Baseline-As-Usual. These results are very robust to our …

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Trade Openness, Market Competition, and Inflation: Some Sectoral Evidence from OECD Countries

Binici, Mahir; Cheung, Yin-Wong; Lai, Kon S. - CESifo - 2011

This study evaluates the role market competition plays in determining inflation based on sector-level data from OECD countries. In theory, trade openness can affect inflation through changes in market competitiveness and productivity. Nonetheless, previous empirical studies often fail to account...

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The Power to Pass on Taxes - A Test for Tax Shifting Based on Observables

Jametti, Mario; Redonda, Agustin; Sen, Anindya - CESifo - 2013

Since gasoline has a relatively inelastic demand, raising government revenue via gasoline taxes could appear appropriate as it entails a relatively small deadweight loss. However, gasoline retail is generally a highly concentrated market, hence the assumption of perfect competition when...

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The Impact of Entry Regulation on Total Welfare: A Policy Experiment

Liu, An-Hsiang; Siebert, Ralph; Zulehner, Christine - CESifo - 2013

This paper evaluates how different lengths of entry regulation impact market structure and market performance using a dynamic structural model. We formulate an oligopoly model in the tradition of Ericson and Pakes (1995) and allow entry costs to vary over time. Firms have the opportunity to...

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Optimal Tariffs and Subsidies And Changes in Markets Structure

Egli, Dominik; Westermann, Frank - CESifo - 2000

We present a unified treatment of optimal trade policy for a small country. The well-known results for duopoly and competitive markets emerge as benchmark cases of our model. In addition, we show that changes in market structure have non-monotonic effects on optimal tariffs. Our results suggest...

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Profitable Horizontal Mergers without Cost Advantages: The Role of Internal Organization, Information, and Market Structure

Huck, Steffen; Konrad, Kai A.; Müller, Wieland - CESifo - 2001

Merged firms are typically rather complex organizations. Accordingly, merger has a more profound effect on the structure of a market than simply reducing the number of competitors. We show that this may render horizontal mergers profitable and welfare-improving even if costs are linear. The...

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Market Structure, Technological Gap and Vertical Linkage Effects from Foreign Direct Investment

Kadochnikov, Sergey M.; Drapkin, Igor M. - CESifo - 2008

This paper is based on the model of backward linkages from foreign direct investment (FDI) Lin/Saggi (2003), where the market structure of the final goods sector is represented by a monopoly or Cournot oligopoly, and the supplier sector – by a pure monopoly. We extend this model by examining...

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Innovation and Trade with Heterogeneous Firms

Long, Ngo Van; Raff, Horst; Stähler, Frank - CESifo - 2009

This paper examines how trade liberalization affects the innovation incentives of firms, and what this implies for … under free entry are that trade liberalization increases (decreases) aggregate R&D for low (high) trade costs and increases …

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Market Structure, Technology Spillovers, and Persistence in Productivity Differentials

Cheung, Yin-Wong; Pascual, Antonio I. Garcia - CESifo - 2001

Using data from 11 main manufacturing industries in 17 OECD countries, this paper empirically investigates the determinants of cross-country differences in the persistence of productivity differentials Specifically, we focus on the effects of product market structure and technology diffusion. It...

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