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SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF COMBRAINS

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2005

of the Combrain will be to identify,plan&derive implementation methods for Basic Needs;Domestic Investment …

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Lange and Hayek Revisited: Lessons from Czech Voucher Privatization

Hanousek, Jan; Filer, Randall K. - EconWPA - 2001

A fundamental question in economics since the 1930s has been whether an administrative price system could simulate the results of perfect competition even without a true market for the means of production. The theoretical possibility of such a system has been known since the introduction of...

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Removing Tariffs on Goods Originating from Least Developed Countries

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003

This paper was one input to the Australian Government’s decision to remove tariffs on imports from the least developed countries. The Commission’s analysis suggests that removing tariffs on imports from these countries could significantly boost imports from these countries, particularly of...

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Trade policy, cross-border externalities and lobbies: do linked agreements enforce more cooperative outcomes?

Limão, Nuno - EconWPA - 2002

If, in international agreements, governments “link'' trade to environmental policy (or other issues with non-pecuniary externalities), will this promote more cooperation in both policies or will cooperation in one policy be strengthened at the expense of the other? We analyze this question in...

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Staying Competitive in the High-tech Global Economy: Another Look at the H-1B Visa

Cynamon, Barry - EconWPA - 2001

This paper addresses a specific suggestion for immigration reform—that we must seek skilled immigrants—by examining support for a move to unlimited H-1B visa issuance. Great care is taken to include up to date media coverage as immigration policy is greatly affected by public opinion. This...

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Trade and Turnover: Theory and Evidence

Davidson, Carl; Matusz, Steven - EconWPA - 2005

Is the pattern of trade correlated with cross-sector differences in job turnover? Theoretically, external shocks feed through to changes in domestic employment and cross-sector differences in turnover give rise to compensating wage differentials, which feed through to output prices. Using two...

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New Trade Theory Takes Over Monetary Theory

Gani, M - EconWPA - 2004

money has nothing to do with traded output, but everything to do with storing value. But now a new trade theory takes over … monetary theory, by reducing money into a mere tool of trade, as just a means of payment. It takes over theory of exchange … arbitrage, and payments through seigniorage (by creating and issuing money). Suddenly economics studies economy rather than …

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Distribution of the Economic Gains of the 1990s

Parham, Dean; Barnes, Paula; Roberts, Paul; Kennett, Sharon - EconWPA - 2001

„h Australia¡¦s surge in productivity growth in the 1990s fuelled an acceleration in growth in total income and average income (income per person in Australia). ¡V Annual average income growth accelerated from 1.4 per cent in the 1970s and 1980s to 2.5 per cent in the 1990s. ¡V Faster...

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Latin American Progress under Structural Reform

Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Sprinkle, Richard L - EconWPA - 2004

Subsequent to the economic difficulties of the 1980s, many Latin American governments reluctantly began to introduce market-oriented reform measures. In many cases, the new measures were adopted only as a means of participating in debt-relief programs such as the Brady Initiative. In no case,...

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Rosca Participation in Benin : a Commitment Issue

Dagnelie, Olivier; LeMay, Philippe - EconWPA - 2005

that individuals use their participation in a rosca as a device to discipline themselves to save money and commit against …

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