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, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare, trade, industrial organization, and labor markets and with …
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, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare, trade, industrial organization, and labor markets and with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011191455
fallen in some countries, remained stagnant, or sharply increased in others.What are the welfare gains of the systematic … counterfactual predictions of the standard model, and it also provides plausiblemeasures of changes in welfare and inequality around …
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This paper provides a systematic welfare-based approach to analyze the impact of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on trade … and welfare in presence of market imperfections. We focus on standard-like measures such as technical barriers and … analysis of forgone trade caused by trade costs. The latter ignores market imperfections: welfare increases when NTMs are …
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We document various limitations of the expected utility model for the study of health and longevity. The model assumes individuals are indifferent between early and late resolution of uncertainty. This assumption gives rise to predictions regarding the economic value of life that are...
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that SD is a robust criterion for policy evaluationbecause it requires minimal knowledge of the social welfare function. We … poor. We show thatfertility restrictions are generally detrimental for both individual and social welfare inspite of the …
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 Over the past 45 years, meatpacking has shifted from a predominantly urban to a predominantly rural industry. Meatpacking plants can represent a significant share of a rural community’s employment. As a traditional employer of immigrants, these plants can also alter significantly the...
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biofuels subsidies that are revenue neutral. From a welfare perspective, we show that biofuels mandates dominate biofuels … subsidies, and that combining fuel taxes (rather than subsidies) with mandates would be welfare enhancing. …
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approximates fairly closely the welfare gains associated with the first-best policy of an optimal carbon tax and tariffs on traded …
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not affected by local welfare or other government services. The native-born population tends to respond more to growth in … growth is not positively influenced by levels of local welfare or other public services. Compared to earlier immigrant groups …
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