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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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The Globalisation and its Implications for the Economic Development of Latin America

Blum, Matthias; Stosberg, Jörg - EconWPA - 2003

The process of globalisation has in several ways an impact on the Latin American Economies. The recent developments give a carefully optimistic view on the economic consequences for these countries. While all of the Latin American nations still lag behind the industrialised countries with...

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The credibility of monetary policy: a survey of the literature with some simple applications to Caanda

Amano, Robert; Fenton, Paul; Tessier, David; Norden, … - EconWPA - 1996

We don't have an abstract yet, sorry. But I think the title is pretty descriptive.

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