manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry (“narrow …

This paper finds a link between the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing employment beginning in 2001 and a change in U ….S. trade policy that eliminated potential tariff increases on Chinese imports. Industries where the threat of tariff hikes … declines the most experience more severe employment losses along with larger increases in the value of imports from China and …

between universities and governments. Student mobility generates a university competition effect which induces them to … the education of agents who will work abroad. At equilibrium, the free-rider effect always dominates the competition … competition increases with human capital production. Consequently, supranational policies aimed at promoting teaching quality …

value of China’s exports to the US responds negatively to real renminbi (RMB) appreciation, while import responds positively …We examine Chinese-US trade flows over the 1994-2012 period, and find that, in line with the conventional wisdom, the … reduce China’s trade balance. The use of alternative exchange rate measures and data on different trade classifications …

empirical and considers the case of Italy, one of the world’s largest debt issuer. We study the potential effects on the …