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York City, Chicago, Osaka, and Tokyo. The authors utilize some simple models of international price dispersion and market … Japanese and American cities, was collected and accepted by both governments. Using this data, versions of international price … dispersion theories are tested and some empirical evidence to support the view that simple international price dispersion models …
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it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost …
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South and Southeast Asian economic integration via increased trade flows has been increasing significantly over the past 2 decades, but the level of trade continues to be relatively low. This underperformance has been due to both policy-related variables—relatively high tariff and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278063
it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278071
South and Southeast Asian economic integration via increased trade flows has been increasing significantly over the past 2 decades, but the level of trade continues to be relatively low. This underperformance has been due to both policy-related variables—relatively high tariff and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278110
Several recent empirical and theoretical studies have revived interest in the relationship between the level of the exchange rate and economic development. This paper develops a dynamic model based on the Ricardian framework with a continuum of goods to consider the issue from a somewhat...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651625
Several recent empirical and theoretical studies have revived interest in the relationship between the level of the exchange rate and economic development. This paper develops a dynamic model based on the Ricardian framework with a continuum of goods to consider the issue from a somewhat...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651657
This paper proposes a general empirical framework to estimate the protection-for-sale model, where the protection regime shifts according to a sector's market structure (perfectly or monopolistically competitive). We base the protection structure on Grossman and Helpman (1994) for the subset of...
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FDI by firms in developing countries is a recent phenomenon and demands a study of relationship between firm productivity and different modes of globalisation activities. This paper attempts to understand this relationship through ordered probit models, examining two key hypotheses using firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363839
This paper analyzes the welfare effects of subsidies to attract multinational corporations, in a setting where firms are heterogeneous in their productivity levels. I show that the use of a small subsidy raises welfare in the FDI host country, with the consumption gains from attracting more...
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